Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Wood pile, 130 Center St., Bangor, ca. 1864

"Wood pile, 130 Center St., Bangor, ca. 1864 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"She piled all her findings in a simple shopping bag. Russell Douglass X Fifty years later, the bag was given to the Hampden Historical Society…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… Society Every street in town was reported piled high with drifts, much pushed onto sidewalks “which are now but a pleasant memory.” Blizzard…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"… location, out at the end of the wharf on long pilings, on the right in Van Riper’s photograph. This was so that herring could be unloaded even at…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"The huge piles of pulpwood that were stored on the grounds of the International Paper Company and the Oxford Paper Company were constantly sprayed…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… large scale: large farms and mowing fields, great piles of mussel-bed, with large barns and hay crops And...there were often three or four vessels…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"Now, only a few rotting pilings remain to mark the site.Photo donated by Edith Comstock.Lubec Memorial Library Alas, late in July of 1898 rumors…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… the vendor frantically searched throughout the pile of dresses before finally locating the missing item)."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… building." The details also noted that the "huge piles of charred rubble [were] gone and plans to rebuild were underway.” Today a new photography…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… side, the bottom rammed firmly against the wood piling. The Canadians scrambled onto the trestle, never getting their feet wet."