Maine Memory Network

Civil War veterans, Belfast, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Belfast Media: Photographic print

Grandstand, Houlton Community Park, 1914

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1914-08-25 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Hotel for Rigby Park and Grand Stand, Cape Elizabeth, 1893-1894

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1893–1894 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Maine Mile Track Association Architect: George M. Coombs

Plan of Grand Stand for Maine Mile Track Association, South Portland, ca. 1888

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1888 Location: South Portland Client: Maine Mile Track Association Architect: George M. Coombs

Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In

Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.

Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador

"The Bowdoin Boys" -- some students and recent graduates -- traveled to Labrador in 1891 to collect artifacts, specimens, and to try to find Grand Falls, a waterfall deep in Labrador's interior.

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"stands for? First of all, it stands for the Grand Army of the Republic. The Grand Army of the Republic was a fraternal organization made up of Civil…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"… of Maine, Steven Pinkham, Down East Books, 2009 Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine, Thomas Desjardin, Oxford University Press, 1995 Civil War Regiments…"

Peter Spanos fled the genocide in Turkey to Maine
by anonymous

Peter Spanos fled the Greek genocide in Smyrna in 1922, coming to Maine to work as a fruit peddler

The Cup Code (working at OOB in the 1960s)
by Randy Randall

Teenagers cooking fried food in OOB and the code used identify the product and quantity.