Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… ice storage space for storing dairy products and meats. The recommended packing, or insulation, was made up of sawdust, charcoal powder, straw, or…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… before this fire were Columbia Hall, candy and meat stores, grocery stores, and a restaurant. One of the buildings that needed considerable…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"Other damaged items include about $1850.00 in meats and other goods from various stores. A nice save was made by C.P."

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

"… such as Burnham & Morrill began canning lobster meat. The first tidal lobster pound was introduced in Vinalhaven in 1875 and others quickly…"

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

"… Fish Market in New York City and provided lobster meat to many Old Orchard Beach, Saco and Scarborough restaurants and area take-out establishments."

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"Meat victuals were woodchuck, bear, deer and raccoons. Clams, flounders, salmon, shad, cod and haddock were plentiful, and succotash and pemmican (no…"

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

"Farming continued to keep families in produce and meat. With the many varieties of fish available in the Gulf of Maine and the surrounding waters…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Meat stock and other commodities produced by the farmers were used as money at a later date. Ezekiel Porter, whom Porter Hill is named after, is…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"They also needed meat when the Anderson Brothers store had none. The answer came when Stockholm residents started hunting."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… a short time later, the menu added bread, butter, meat, clam or fish chowder, and donuts. At that point, hot lunch cost from six to twelve cents a…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"While under the management of Merrill Bros., meat was also canned. Charles E. Herrick and his son Horatio Herrick operated a second corn canning…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… other jobs, including butchering and selling meat with his stepfather, Martin learned bookkeeping and accounting from Rufus Prince, a soap maker…"

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

"in Boston etc.), meat, fish and produce for the expanding summer colony. During peak season delivery trucks hurried about to the summer cottages and…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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