Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… the world’s only moontide springs Mines that once produced some of the nations’s finest mica The mine that produced the world’s largest tourmaline…"

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 - Maine Railroads

"… had a great chance of being the largest state to produce potatoes in the country. All they needed was a train to transport them."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"The largest producer was the Hinckley Company, which built 535, about 40 percent of all those built in Maine for the war effort."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping

"… Knox: Shipping Shipping the goods that he was producing was an important part of Knox’s business dealings."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"… history, and Thomaston sixth grade students are producing a booklet to provide additional information on the timeline events."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"… Shops known as the Edwards Plant, which produced automotive parts and weapons, was acquired by Maremont Corporation and continues to build weapons…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2

"… Paper and Tissue, LLC, is the USA's leading producer of specialty and deep dyed tissue products and high bulk printing papers."

Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ

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Kennebec Valley Community College Archive

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Freeport Historical Society

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Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"… with Paula Mrozicki's third graders to write, produce and film a movie based on their research. Another time middle school students worked with…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"Extracted from coal tar, the first such dye produced a new mauve or purple color (1856). A new blue called "electric" blue, may be the bright blue…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 3 of 3

"… and turquoise print design, very similar to those produced by Catherine Ogust for Penthouse Gallery, New York, the company on the caftan's label."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3

"A new breed of young designers burst on the scene producing clothing to suit the new burgeoning youth-oriented market."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"Bates Mill in Lewiston produced vast quantities of textiles for war purposes, from uniform fabric and hospital bedding, to parachutes and life rafts."

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"Tompson was a trucker who transported goods and produce in the city. Frederick Tompson graduated from Portland High School in 1876 and immediately…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 1 of 5

"… settlers complained that "each claimant comes producing pompus Parchmints of royal patents or fragments of Antient Indian Deeds."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 4 of 5

"… clear that the commission process would not produce a result in the early 1820s, both sides reluctantly prepared for arbitration by a neutral third…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"… 2011-2012 Return to Student Research Produce ExchangeStrong Historical Society The Porter family has been an important part of Strong's…"

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

"… Work Text by Beverly McAloon Audios created and produced by Meghan Vigeant Images from the Swan's Island Historical Society In 1786, Colonel James…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"Every kind of paper bag called for was produced: from the tiny bag in which a few ounces of candy can be dropped, to the great banana bag which will…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"… provided the opportunities for small mills to produce lumber and shingles, shovel handles, grains from the grist mills, cheese and starch making…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"The Main Coated Department had produced high gloss papers for many years and had been upgraded, but was still not equal to the market demands."