Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home

"… by the National Endowment for the Humanities, was crafted to digitize and provide free, full-text online access to three of Maine Historical…"

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

"These crafts still flourish on the island, and are sold at various outlets, most importantly and successfully at the highly popular Arts and Craft…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"The furnishings of homes and buildings were crafted by cabinetmakers such as John Stringer of Hallowell (who also made clothes pins) and Benjamin F."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The first regular packet (small sailing craft) line was established in 1859 between Islesboro and Belfast, bringing supplies to the islanders from a…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 3 of 4

"… originals, afforded by the wealthy, were famously crafted with hidden details such as corsetry, padding, darts and pleating to shape the style to…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… recorded as many as 17 outbound and 15 inbound craft passing the Head in September 1874. Incoming cargo included coal and flour from Boston, as…"

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"The comparison is very strong between Solomon Store and House of Crafts and Flowers as discussed above."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Can closes in Lubec • Movie theater burns • Lubec Crafts Council incorporated 1975 • McCurdy Smokehouse is the only remaining business of its kind…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men

"… known today as Chelsea, and continued the family craft. Allen’s special talent was the carving of ships’ figureheads."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"At its peak in 1885, Bar Harbor’s summer Indian village at the foot of Holland Avenue was home to 250 Wabanakis."

Jonathan Fisher Memorial

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The "Edward O'Brien", the "Washington B. Thomas", & "Edna Hoyt"

"Thomas,” a 5-master of 2639 tons, the largest craft of any type ever built on the St. George River. Her career was cut short by a shipwreck off…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… to include toys, furniture parts, hobby and craft items, dowels of all sorts, and primarily, golf tees."

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Farnsworth Library and Art Museum. The Arts and Crafts of the Versatile Parson Fisher, 1768-1847, Downeast Books, 1967. (JF) Wood, Esther."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"… and manufacturing nontraditional products and crafts. Lard Bucket X Farming Diversity Unlike large single-crop farms of the west, our local…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… house” where an early family, the Philbricks, crafted cream pots, bean crocks, molasses jugs, milk pans and other vessels from the red clay of the…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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