Maine Memory Network

Constance Holling - Librarian, 1969

Contributed by: Brewer Public Library Date: 1969 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

Bucket crew at work on power lines, 1969

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1969 Media: Photographic print

Dessau residence, Falmouth Foreside, 1969

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1969 Location: Falmouth Foreside Clients: Arnold; Dessau, Dessau Architect: Holmes A. Stockly; Stockly & Leahy Assoc.

Mt. Sinai Cemetery Association, Portland, 1969

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1969 Location: Portland Client: Mt. Sinai Cemetery Association Architect: H.I. & E.C. Jordan, surveyors

Among the Lungers: Treating TB

Tuberculosis -- or consumption as it often was called -- claimed so many lives and so threatened the health of communities that private organizations and, by 1915, the state, got involved in TB treatment. The state's first tuberculosis sanatorium was built on Greenwood Mountain in Hebron and introduced a new philosophy of treatment.

Carlton P. Fogg, Advocate for Vocational Education

Carlton P. Fogg (1899-1972) was passionate about vocational and technical education. While teaching at the high school level in Waterville, Fogg's lobbying and letter-writing helped create the Kennebec Valley Vocational Technical Institute in 1969.

Historic Hallowell - Row House

"… on Second Street was saved from demolition in 1969 by Row House, Inc., a group of local citizens devoted to historic preservation."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Corn Canning Industry

"… to disappear from Farmington’s landscape in 1969. The plant was located where present day McDonald’s restaurant and Irving’s gas station are."

We will remember
by Sam Kelley

My service in the Vietnam War

USCG Boot Camp Experience, Vietnam War era
by Peter S. Morgan, Jr.

"Letters to the Wall" Memorial Day