Maine Memory Network

Damage of Somesville Fire, Saco, 1908

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1908-09-15 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print

Class of 1908, Lincoln Academy, Newcastle, 1908

Contributed by: Lincoln Academy Date: 1908 Location: Newcastle Media: Photographic print

School Building at North Anson, Anson, 1908

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1908 Location: Anson Client: Town of North Anson Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Workshop for Maine School for the Blind, Portland, 1908

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1908 Location: Portland Client: Maine School for the Blind Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Les Raquetteurs

In the early 1600s, French explorers and colonizers in the New World quickly adopted a Native American mode of transportation to get around during the harsh winter months: the snowshoe. Most Northern societies had some form of snowshoe, but the Native Americans turned it into a highly functional item. French settlers named snowshoes "raquettes" because they resembled the tennis racket then in use.

The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History

After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.

Presque Isle: The Star City - Mark and Emily Turner Memorial Library, Presque Isle, 1908

"… and Emily Turner Memorial Library, Presque Isle, 1908 Contributed by Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Description The original Mark…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Train Station, Presque Isle, ca. 1908

"1908 Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society Description Photograph shows railroad workers and clerks in a Bangor and Aroostook…"

Nemo's Nightmare of World War I
by Mike and Bryan Luciano

Franklyn J. "Nemo" Burbank of Livermore Falls was our ancestor who fought in World War I.

My paper making history
by Rick Simoneau

The history of my grandfather, father, and I working in the mills instilled a sense of community