Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Dr. Benjamin Page

"He is credited with being the first physician to inoculate human with the smallpox vaccine in Maine."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott and Fewacres, Farmington, 1903

"… for children, most of them in series, and is credited with writing some of the earliest American juvenile literature deserving of the term…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing Class Photos

"… in Biology, Sociology, English, Physiology, and Bacteriology, earning students a minimum of 25 transferable credits towards a B.S. in Nursing."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 2 of 4

"… names are Hattie Carnegie and Nettie Rosenstein, the latter of which is credited with popularizing the 'little black dress' in the United States."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

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

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Wharves and Yards - 1795 to 1825

"He is one of Thomaston’s earliest shipbuilders, credited with building at least two ships. General Henry Knox built coasters as early as 1796…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 1 of 2

"John Smith passed through in 1614. The men credited with European settlement of the area, however, were Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Richard Vines."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… and the determination to survive have been credited as the reasons the colony recovered from this crisis."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"In her free time, Miss Stone is credited with knitting and volunteering for the American Red Cross during both World War I and World War II."

First Parish in Portland

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"… business which was built on complex systems of credit and personnel management. Much of his waterfront business centered around the representation…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… debt, several new businesses including a credit union arrived and even another great downtown fire, one which consumed a clothing store, caused…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"Now the property is host to the credit union and its parking lot. Alameda Opera House keys, Bath, ca."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… "The Lumber Capital of the World." Instability of credit and of money itself as well as the 1830s craze of land speculation all affected Bangor and…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… that end, nursing diplomas at the school included credits in the humanities from St. Joseph’s College in Standish, which the Sisters of Mercy also…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"Hazard deserves perhaps more credit than any other citizen of Maine for the healthy point of view with which aviation is regarded here." Charles…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Jay Grindle had an office on Main Street and is credited for saving many lives in Northeast Harbor in the influenza outbreak during the First World…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… that “would fit children for college and rank creditably among other high schools in the state” be set up to “give our young people the same…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… the cat into bed to keep warm on a cold winter’s night, facing tax and doctor bills, trying to find credit from the stressed local merchants."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… Yarmouth from Freeport sometime prior to 1818, is credited with establishing shipbuilding on the Royal River."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… profit, sometimes giving food on semi-permanent credit when they saw neighbors in need. The practice of helping neighbors is still common on the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… players of the 70’s would no doubt give credit to their predecessors – the Stephens High teams of the 1960’s."

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

"Much credit is due to Mr. Davis for the substantial and workmanlike manner in which every portion of it has been completed."

Acadian Archives

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