Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Historically, the cottage industries were common in areas where a large percentage of local population was engaged in seasonal work, because families…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"People kept their food cold using large blocks of ice. If people wanted ice, they would put a card in the window showing how much ice they wanted."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering

"Lobstering Lobstering has kept the fishing industry on Swan’s Island the major industry from the mid 20th century to today."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… to make a handsome profit, sometimes giving food on semi-permanent credit when they saw neighbors in need."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"… have nowhere to get common goods such as food and household items. In addition, Buckfield once had its own Health Center."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"… one place to the other or transfer goods like food or ice to other states. Often ships from other states, like Boston, would arrive with goods for…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"… and to cultivate the land for their family’s food. Early fishing schooner, ca. 1870Swan's Island Historical Society With the best timber…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"… the case in other smokehouses in the area, this food preservation process was carried out in traditional fashion."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"The paper industry relied on the logging industry because they used trees to make paper. Nowadays, logs aren’t shipped down the Kennebec River…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… corn were planted later to be turned into flour, food crops were planted, as well as oats for livestock. Apple orchards were quickly established."

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"… modern whaling is mainly hunting the whales for food, as well as scientific research purposes. The main species of whales that are hunted are the…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… Society Sardine Industry Julius Wolff, a food broker from New York, arrived on the shores of Passamaquoddy Bay in 1875 attracted by the abundance…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Lubec sardine industry, ca. 1950Maine Historical Society The industry began in Eastport in the 1870s, came over to Lubec and grew phenomenally in…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Food was practically non-existent. The bumper crops of hay and grain, which had been expected in the spring, were almost totally destroyed because of…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 3 of 17

"Ice was the primary way of preserving food until freon refrigeration was created in the early 1900s."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"… they cleansed themselves and could be used for food. The combination of this system and clams from open areas generated a larger supply."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… for crop fertilizer and fish bait, as well as food for themselves; early settlers considered lobsters food for servants and paupers."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington's First Grist Mill

"… into flour, which greatly increased the kinds of food the settlers ate, as well as allowed them to store the flour for later use."

Historic Hallowell - The City of Hallowell

"… communicating with Central Maine Power and the food bank to get power to the area and get food to the elderly and needy."

Historic Hallowell - Poem of the 1896 Flood by William Lewis

"… a flood Everyone was 10 feet under without any food Hope was thought to be lost after the second day, When on the third the water flowed away."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming

"Sheep would often be put on a boat and brought to one of the smaller outer islands for grazing. The independence of islanders to raise their own food…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"… Public Library These citizens would either have food, clothing or medicine brought to their home if they had one, or if they had no home they…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"Dunham's store sold a variety of food items such as the ice cream and candy that made it memorable to the younger islanders."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"… used for the ladies reception and exhibition of foods, such as butter, cheese, maple sugar and fruits."