Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"Josh Shaw "What if the post office never existed?" The postal service refers to the post offices and mailing."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"In many ways, WWI introduced the United States as a world power, and military demonstrations solidified its new role."

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"Post-Mortem & Mourning Post Mortem & Mourning Slideshow Click on image to view slideshow In pre-Civil war Maine, death was a frequent…"

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856

"Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description The Lincoln Post Office was in the Plumly…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor post Civil War parade, 1865

"Boy at Bangor post Civil War parade, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… of cordiality.” With this change, the Ellsworth post office was in Surry and the Surry post office was six miles away."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… group traveled beyond the the Soviet Union and post-collapse Russia, visiting Canada, France and Japan."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"Soldiers serving in the military in crowded encampments were also hard hit. Of the 1,032 Mainers who died during the war, over half died of the flu."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"She was one of the first five female officers posted to England in November of 1942. She was in England only a short time before being transferred to…"

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

"picnic, Strong, ca. 1895 Members of Post 134 of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Maine, held annual field days and occasional picnics…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3

"… advertisements, as well as the Saturday Evening Post covers, featuring sporty young women and men wearing shirts."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 3 of 3

"In prosperous post-war America, New York, and California became centers of a successful and growing fashion industry mass-producing an abundance of…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 1 of 2

"1912Maine Historical Society Post 1910, further simplification was influenced by the dress reform movement’s revival of the short waist bodice…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 2 of 3

"In the post war era, draped details, outsize bows, bunches, and swags were prominent design elements in evening and cocktail wear."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"Post 134Strong Historical Society Did you ever wonder what G.A.R. stands for? First of all, it stands for the Grand Army of the Republic."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"The post offices continued in private homes without a formal name until 1837. When the newly-named Strong Post Office moved to a three-story…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"… hundreds of men who served in the United States military and even a few who served in the Confederate Army, we realized that the Civil War had a…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3

"… 7th and 8th graders have researched Strong's post-Civil War life and the story of Fly Rod Crosby, Maine's first registered Maine Guide."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"Property was purchased by Johnson-Cox Post 78, American Legion; members and volunteers provided the labor."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"He started a Facebook page and has posted many intriguing photos of the town's history. Kathy Lambert was born and raised in Phillips, but has…"

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

"… of Pythias The Knights of Pythias was another post-Civil War fraternal organization and secret society founded at Washington, DC, in 1864."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… she also sent stories to the Saturday Evening Post of Philadelphia. The poem entitled “Rock Me to Sleep,” whose opening lines, “Backward, turn…"