Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"… dozens of calf skins, three to four tons of split leather, and ten to twelve tons of sole leather. They had to buy some raw material too, which…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… required each member to keep ready at least two leather buckets for possible use in a "bucket brigade", and canvas bags to provide for the removal…"

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"… of fire fighting engine with a stitched together, leather hose. Fire Department, Hallowell, 1843Hubbard Free Library The machine was built to…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"On cool summer evenings guests lounged in leather chairs around the large fireplace in the lobby as chauffeurs lined up in the circular driveway to…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"1920 This team had limited safety equipment. Leather helmets and little or no protection must have increased the injuriesFarmington Historical…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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