Maine Memory Network

Bangor and Aroostook Railroad track maintenance equipment, ca. 1990

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1990 Media: Photographic print

Fire department equipment and storage unit, Troy, ca. 1942

Courtesy of Neil Piper, an individual partner Date: circa 1942 Location: Troy Media: Photographic print

29-33 Exchange Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Wm W. Thomas Jr. Trustee Use: Store & Office

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.

Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island

Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.

Millinocket Fire Department

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"… shell middens to the rusted remains of quarrying equipment, Swan's Island holds a living history of the industries that have sustained its…"

I have thought about Vietnam almost every day for 48 years
by Ted Heselton

Working as a heavy equipment operator in Vietnam

John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.

World War I and the U.S. Home Front

Grade Level: 9-12 Content Area: Social Studies
Learn about World War I using primary sources from Maine Memory Network and the Library of Congress.