Maine Memory Network

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch" Thousands of years before the first white men discovered the area, the Kennebec was a throughfare for traveling bands…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 3 of 3

"She eats her hotdogs and watches her grandkids and great grandkids have an awesome time just she as did when she was young."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events

"… walk down to the fisherman’s co-op wharf and watch a wreath being thrown into the harbor commemorating those whose lives were lost at sea."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"He watched and listened to his elders and father during council meetings which decided on the future of the Tribe."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 3 of 3

"She liked to pick flowers in a local field, and watch the clouds go by. Growing up, my mother didn’t have a TV or toys."

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

"It is known that they were very popular and the community came to watch their children perform."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Brewer, ca. 1838

"From his infancy to this date he was always watching my labours when he began to want to be in the fields and with me where ever I went." The image…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"… with all available space packed with spectators watching to race. The illustration, which includes the five canoes, has north at the bottom."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"… for the ceremonies and the excitement of watching MacMillan and his crew prepare to depart for their historic trips. Biographer E.S."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"… in long-johns, to raise money to give a wrist watch to each graduating high school senior. People also started going to the movies."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"There is a grand stand to watch the horse racing of trotters and pacers. Amusement rides have been added and thousands of people from Franklin County…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"… on the circus grounds Summer Street in Bangor to watch the ascension of a yellow silk balloon named "Young America." It was the first balloon…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"This is that story. Watch a 3:10 minute video introduction to "Malaga Island, A Story Best Left Untold" documentary produced by Rob Rosenthal and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3

"… harness racing because her husband John enjoyed watching the races. Her son, Jimmy one of her five children, started racing in the early 1980’s."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Timeline of Events

"Timeline of Events   Watch movie about Scarborough's MCHP experience October 2008 Scarborough Team begins monthly meetings to explore grant…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"People watch as a man swims to the woman trapped on the roof of her car. He was able to swim her to safety. Photo courtesy of the Bangor Daily News."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Bob Marley

"… States; some other countries would be able to watch it earlier. Marley played an ignorant yet comical Detective Greenly."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… lived on fish and clams from the river under the watchful eyes of armed guards along the river. After the war, about 175 remaining settlers left…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Theater

"… like to drive to the theater in Bangor just to watch a movie, then drive all the way back. The movie theater was a big thing back then because a…"

Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

"Here, he was involved in jewelry sales, watch repair, optical work, and was a Ford dealer from 1910 to 1928 on Mechanic Street."

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"… last way I can connect with this is, I usually watch the Lincoln Homecoming Parade from the front of the Masonic Hall in the summers."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"Park sat up in the evening; Mrs. White came and watched. Carrie so sick and suffering so much. We sent for Dr. B.; she died at one."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"In 1829, when he was 20, John Hayden started a watch and jewelry business. In 1863 he sold it to Howland and Donnell, who had both been his…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… the Past to the Present Rodney Laughton described watching a movie, “Occasionally, we saw a 'film strip,' similar to a slide show; watching a movie…"