Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond Ice harvesting and storage for summer use was prevalent through the land."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair Arthur Moore relates tales of ice-cutting in Hallowell."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 13 of 13

"Potato harvest, Presque Isle, 1982Maine Historical Society Things were changing. Farms were becoming larger and more business-like."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 4 of 5

"The only time she could play was if the digger or harvester broke down. The workers would sing songs and play in the barrels."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 5 of 5

"Potato Harvest Memories Presque Isle Historical Society Presque Isle Historical Society One of the fields had trees around it."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 10 of 13

"Harvesting Potatoes IT'S NOT ALL WORK Break Time Image is from USDA 1976 Yearbook of Agroculture THE FACE OF RURAL AMERICA X Frequently, the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 12 of 13

"Harvesting Potatoes BARREL GRAPPLES Hand Grapple, Presque Isle, ca. 1910Presque Isle Historical Society Potato Barrel Grapple, Presque…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 8 of 13

"Harvesting Potatoes WORKING ON BACK Loading Potato Barrels, Presque Isle, 1976Presque Isle Historical Society During the 1940s, battery…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"They harvested salt hay as fodder for cattle and sheep and used the marsh for summer pasture. Many settlers were often assigned a marsh lot (or lots)…"

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

"… In the 1600s and 1700s lobsters were easily harvested from tidal pools along the shoreline. So plentiful were lobsters that Native-Americans used…"

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

"When red tide occurs, clam flats are closed and clam harvesters are out of work for days or months until the threat has passed."

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

"… Fisheries Service and are concerned with lobster harvesting between three and 200 miles offshore. All states and the federal government share a…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"There is no quick way to harvest clams; only hand tools or hands are allowed by the state. The process of harvesting clams hasn’t changed over the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 4 of 4

"She babysat the town manager’s three boys next door. Every time she went there the parents would have dinner guests and she would have to do all of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading sugar beets, Aroostook County, ca. 1975

"… when both potatoes and sugar beets needed to be harvested at the same time. Sugar beets consequently fell out of favor."

Historic Hallowell - News Article by Emily Markham

"Ice harvesters have had a hard time with the flood also. Two nearly build ice shacks have been blown in the river by a gale."

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"… and prosperous village, surrounded by farms at harvest time. Figuratively – in its depiction of an Edenic place made secure for the sunbonneted…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… in various industries, including ice harvesting and granite quarrying. Ice cutting would become an important industry, and remained so until the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - They Should Have Constructed Their Buildings On Wheels

"… human needs of food, clothing and shelter, to harvesting and developing the land for commerce and trade taking place both on land and at sea, and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… knowledge of ship measurement requirements would harvest lumber and oversee its transport back to Thomaston."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"“ Pa, how come you're not gettin’ ready for the harvest?” “Well son, Mr. Gordon came by earlier today and said we're not harvesting enough fox furs…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… in North Carolina and Georgia, where lumber was harvested and brought back to Thomaston for new ship construction."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… wood, and natural plant and animal fibers, they harvested an incredibly diverse range of mammals, birds and fish, and gathered plants for food…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"… aspects of fishing trips, gear used and fish harvested. Later on she would discuss in detail efforts to conserve natural resources for another…"