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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

"Eastern Illustrating Company R Herman Cassens R. Herman Cassens from the collection of the Penobscot Marine Museum X In 1909, R."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"… activities and to promote ethical business dealings. Maine led the eastern U.S. in the formation of BPW clubs for some six years in the 1920s."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 4 of 4

"Portland, Me., 1903. Print. Stanley, R.H. and Hall, George. Eastern Maine and the Rebellion. Bangor, Me.: R.H. Stanley and Company, 1887. Print."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"… to a supplier of starch and potato stock to the eastern part of the United States. Acreage increased and more labor was needed to plant, cultivate…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"John Valley, eastern Canada, or southern Maine. The language and customs of three countries—Sweden, France and England—were subsequently all absorbed…"

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

"… So in 1884 an office was established at the eastern side of the island called Atlantic Mrs Durilla Joyce was appointed postmistress She held the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… was one of the premier entertainment spots in Eastern Maine. Back then, just ten cents bought lucky area residents a carefree ride on an open…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… Aurora Grange, American Legion, Order of the Eastern Star, Freemasons, and Knights of Pythias. With a decline of industry and jobs, the population…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"The golf course was renamed The Blue Hill Country Club in 1928. The Blue Hill Country Club hosted and continues to host social functions."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… universally recognized as the business center of Eastern Maine, and rapidly coming to the front as the metropolis of the Northeast." Edward…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"Country music superstar Garth Brooks who has sold over 100 million albums, has appeared. Other famous performers have been Bill Haley and the Comets…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… the steamship wharf at the point and talked the Eastern Steamship Company into establishing service."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"This two span slab concrete span is the eastern bridge of the pair. DOT records do not indicate what type of bridge was replaced by the present…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… thereafter the mill went into receivership with Eastern Trust Company. In 1936, Willard Cummings assumed leadership at the trustees request and…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… Guilford Advertisers and a visiting team from the Eastern Maine League. There was a large grandstand for watching the ball game, while hundreds of…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"Many of these items were sold in the Eastern part of the country. The New Portland Historical has two of these hangers. Mr."

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"While many young men along the eastern seaboard traveled west to seek their fortunes, some chose to experience the northern frontier of Aroostook…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… out its wooden legs and arms toward its eastern terminus with a rapidity which neither injunctions nor any more probable creature can impede. It…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… new Congress and appointed Superintendent of the Eastern Indians, a post he held for the remainder of the war."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… at the Narrows across from Chops Point on the eastern shore of the Kennebec and the Clarke and Lake Post in Arrowsic."

Acadian Archives

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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