Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"Credits The Hampen Historic Preservation commission, Sara Martin, and the Explorer Class of the Reeds Brook Middle School."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"… luscious hand carved signs and placques, often commissions for summer residents, local churches, the Northeast Harbor Village Improvement…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"1885Maine Historic Preservation Commission Rusticators were curious about the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot families who encamped every summer at Bar…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Overview

"Participation only requires the commission have a Maine location or designer. Further, a commission may extend beyond working drawings and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"Loring and his company were commissioned by locals to participate in town-wide events and parades to exemplify the cultural and artistic history and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"Typically, civic leaders commissioned them for promotional purposes.Boston Public Library There was one of the finest masquerade balls ever given at…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… landing, ca. 1885Maine Historic Preservation Commission Arriving at the Bar Harbor wharf, rusticators found the place “alive with vehicles and…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Washington organized Revenue Cutter Service commissioning Hopley Yeaton as its first officer – America’s first commissioned naval officer 1791 •…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"In lieu of sets, 200 slides of artwork commissioned from various local artists provided a backdrop for performances."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Yeaton, America’s first commissioned naval officer, was sent to the Passamaquoddy region, charged with curtailing the growth of smuggling there."

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

"2010. Maine State Highway Commission. A History of Maine Roads. Augusta, Maine, 1970. Merrill, Lincoln Jr. and Holly Hurd. Around North Yarmouth."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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