Maine Memory Network

Old York Historical Society

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Pejepscot Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Initiative and Self-Improvement

"… a group of young men in Hallowell, anxious to improve their minds, organized the Franklin Debating Society."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"… technological advancements during World War I improved the ability to photograph from airplanes, and the modern aerial photograph was born."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"If they were able to improve the lots and keep them occupied for five years, they received an additional lot of 100 or 120 acres in the interior back…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… created, as their website states, "to improve and elevate the character of man". Their principles included elements of “Friendship, Love, and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… late 1920’s and early '30s added yet much needed improvements. The building addition in 1961 made possible expanded space for parish functions and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"1920Swan's Island Historical Society The Improved Order of Red Men was a national fraternal organization that became popular on Swan's Island in the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming

"The independence of islanders to raise their own food remained strong even as the steamboat service to the island improved."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Seaside Hall

"… Society Seaside Hall was built by the Atlantic Improvement Society in 1905 or 1907. At that point in Swan's Island history, people rarely traveled…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"1870Maine Historical Society Company A, 1st Regiment, Augusta, ca. 1892Maine Historical Society At 6 AM on June 1, Luther and the rest of his…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"The next year he improved, but his cattle suffered from a disease known as murrain, and his stock dwindled considerably."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… Patrons of Husbandry, a group interested in the improvement of farming. It was later renamed the Swift River Grange and located on Roxbury Road; it…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… and grist mill and increased the water power by improving the dam. There was a carding mill operated by Mr. Purvis south of the bridge, near Mr."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"As transportation improved, allowing the town to transport students to school, the number of schools decreased to three in 1896, then again to one, a…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… town road, the responsibility for maintenance and improvement became a public matter and was paid for by all taxpayers! Possibly the First Inland…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… on the day of publication In no other way has the improvement been greater than in the management of the mails which is so vital to the business…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Communication also improved with the advent of the telephone in the 1890s, putting islanders in touch with each other as well as the mainland."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Small states, “About the year 1850 a decided improvement in the moral and social condition of the people of Swan’s Island took place.” The economy…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"It became a continuing improvement project for several years. In 1963 the public beach was dedicated in memory of the late Milton Raymond Bean, a…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"… on the work begun by the GAR in establishing and improving veterans facilities. The organization spent much of its time soliciting funds for…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"… formed in the years following the Civil War to improve the economic and social position of farmers and their families."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"The Ladies Public Improvement Society, an organization that got its start as a suffragette group, was and still is a focus of community life in South…"