Maine Memory Network

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."

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."

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church, Lincoln, ca. 1925

"… in 1923 to replace the Odd Fellows Hall after it burned in 1922, suggests that this photo was taken around 1925."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Oak Hotel

"It was never rebuilt. The burning of the Oak Hotel is still a mystery. Eleven years later, in 1986, the Aroostook County Federal Savings and Loan…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northeastland Hotel

"In 1884, a devastating fire broke out and burned the tavern which also served as a hotel to the ground."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Theater

"The Odd Fellow’s Hall burned in 1922. In the Odd Fellow’s Hall there were plays and art shows, and when it burned they decided to build a movie…"

Bangor Daily News Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4

"Leane and Elliott E. “Bud” Burns, The Oxford Paper Company, 1958; A History of Rumford, Maine 1774-1972 by John J. Leane and 1972-2000 by Elliott E."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"It quickly swept through 67 summer estates, five large hotels and 170 year-round homes. It surrounded the village, cutting off all roads. The fire…"

Historic Hallowell - Basic Fire Fighting Technology

"… fill them with water, and lug them back up to the burning house to douse the fire. After the buckets came the invention of the hand pumper."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Grant Memorial United Methodist Church

"… were estimated at one million dollars when it burned. Two twenty-one-year-old men were found guilty of arson soon after."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 2 of 4

"… that the teacher could get it later for it to be burned in a wood stove. They had to erase all of the chalkboards and pick up the classroom after…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"In addition to lime burning, Knox busied several local men with associated industries such as cutting wood for the kilns, or making hoop poles for…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 2 of 2

"Bangor City Plan: The Burned District. Bangor, ME: May 22, 1911. Bangor Museum and Center for History. Print. Robbins, Ryan R. The Great Fire of 1911."

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 2 of 3

"… play in the town hall; they continued until the burning of the structure. Guilford High School Basket Team, 1929Guilford Historical Society…"

Salmon Brook Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"Another resident, Russell Burns, was the island lineman for many years. This picture is of Lillian "Lil” Smith taken in the 1950s."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures

"… Society This picture on the right is of Normie Burns taking islanders out for a cruise and dinner or lunch in Stonington or Isle Au Haut."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 4, pages 57-76

"… Treat Annie Martin Northern secessionists Plot to burn New York Glassblowers exhibition Fort Sumter Capture of Richmond, Petersburg Lee's surrender…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 2 of 3

"… orange floral nylon with areas of transparent burn out; and a straight white jacquard pique dress printed with a design of blobby primary colored…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… doing well until August 21, 1885 when the mill burned down, along with 2,000,000 feet of lumber. Luckily, they found a new location and the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"Both American ships burned in the Penobscot at Hampden, either set afire by their own crews or by the British."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… in several local projects – logging, lime burning, canals, ship building and brick making all over what was then Lincoln County."

McArthur Public Library

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