Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington Social Library, Regulations, ca. 1900

"This does not list the requirements for becoming a member of the Library. Note the rule on multivolume works : "...if the book so lost or injured be…"

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

"In 1973 Thurlow’s Shellfish Company, owned by David Thurlow, bought another processor, Googins Lobster Pound. Googins had the first depurification…"

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

"Federal regulations are covered under the auspices of the National Marine Fisheries Service and are concerned with lobster harvesting between three…"

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

"The minimum size deemed legal has changed over time and there is now a maximum size allowable. Lobstermen use a special gauge to determine which…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Coasting Law of 1789

"… The "Act for Registering and Clearing Vessels, Regulating the Coasting Trade, and for Other Purposes" (often shortened to the "Coasting Law") of…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"In 1990, once relaxed regulations allowed visitors to stay in private homes, the trip expanded to many more travelers including two Surry selectmen…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Shipbuilding in Biddeford: Lore, Leaders, and Legacy

"During the first Congress in 1789 “An Act to regulate the Collection of Duties Imposed by law on the tonnage of Ships or vessels, and on goods, wares…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"The coopers must be so regulated, and supplied with heading, as to be kept constantly at work; and they must be pushed to have a stock of hogsheads…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"Southwest High School (later Pemetic High) played in the old Masonic Building until 1927 when it burned down."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… under the control of one syndicate was to regulate and systematize the whole business, to raise the grade, limit the production and maintain…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"That changed with no rules and regulations and a lot of poachers. Many people lived off the game for food."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"The town got its water through a four- inch distribution line from Day Mountain Pond, but about 30 years ago, there was a landslide at the screen…"

City of Portland Planning & Urban Development

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Historic Clothing Collection - Mid Twentieth Century

"There is, however, a good selection illustrating, to one degree or another, the pervasive influence of French designer Dior's 1947 revolutionary "New…"

Historic Hallowell - City Marshals

"The city demanded more regulations, requirements, or conditions to enforce the law. Luther F. Gray, City Marshall, Hallowell, 1931Hubbard Free…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 4 of 4

"This legislation regulated working age, minimum wage and work conditions. Coat label, ca. 1938 X"

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

"… Board (WPB) issued order L-85 in March 1942 to regulate the amount of fabric used in garments. Prescribed economies prohibited details such as…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"By the late 1960s, state and federal regulations virtually put an end to a century and a half of rough and tumble business."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"School regulations dictated that “When not in uniform, nurses wear their caps to the dining room as well as to the classroom.” Another institutional…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"Medical implements from the Lincoln Historical Society collection X Eventually, Thelma Stratton opened the Stratton Hospital on the corner of…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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