Keywords: burning
Item 1283
Letter describing burning of Falmouth, 1775
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 9220
Response to petition for relief from burning of Falmouth, 1775
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1791-03-02 Location: Freeman Media: Ink on paper
Item 68560
Burn property, Cushing's Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: George Burn Use: Cottage
Item 82514
Burns property, Oaklawn Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Isabella A. Burns Style: Cottage Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 151892
Satterlee residence, Bar Harbor, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Bar Harbor Client: Louisa Morgan Satterlee Architect: Beatrix Farrand
Item 151338
Maine Building for Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1903
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1903–1904
Location: St. Louis
Client: unknown
Architect: John Calvin Stevens
This record contains 7 images.
Exhibit
Liberty Threatened: Maine in 1775
At Lexington and Concord, on April 19, 1775, British troops attempted to destroy munitions stored by American colonists. The battles were the opening salvos of the American Revolution. Shortly, the conflict would erupt in Maine.
Exhibit
From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Main Street, Presque Isle, ca. 1907
"… Presque Isle, with a message to Miss Flora Burns, August 15, 1907. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Perry Opera House
"In 1900, the building burned down for the first time. In 1903, it was re-built, this time from brick."
Story
Tapestry, Seine Twine and Burlesque
by Barbara Burns
My work as a tapestry artist and dancer in Maine.
Story
Beef Cutlet always reminds me of home in Iran
by Parivash Rohani
Making beef cutlet in Maine connects me to my home in Iran and my Baha'i faith.
