Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - The City of Hallowell

"… bank to get power to the area and get food to the elderly and needy. Police officers were dealing with downed power lines, blocking them off and…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village Schools

"Parsons or Elder Neighborhood School, New Portland, ca. 1930New Portland Historical Society The Parsons School or Elder Neighborhood School, as it…"

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."

Historic Hallowell - A Walk On The Streets During The Ice Storm

"… ground, no birds in flight Inside the shelter the elderly are asleep They’re too frightened to laugh, but too hopeful to weep Thick blankets keep…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 4, pages 57-76

"Elder Pendleton & Ross Edwin B. Patten Isaac W. Patten John A. Peters George W. Ladd John S. Ricker Henry McLaughlin Ambrose C. Warren D. M. Howard T."

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"Lastly, in 1979, it became a house for the elderly and remains that to this day. Cyclone, Cotton Mill, Hallowell, 1895Hubbard Free Library In…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"… manage family business, care for the sick and elderly, raise children, and bear the awful news that too often came in the form of long casualty…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"… Cross spent $30,000 on operating shelters for the elderly or for people who were put out of there homes due to damage from the storm."

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

"That summer under his direction, Elder Ezra Wilson and William Witham with a crew built the two abutments."

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"… Stephen Longfellow and Zilpah Longfellow, the elderly parents of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow."

Historic Hallowell - Cotton Mill & Johnson Shoe Citations

"“Old shoe factory will be converted to elderly housing.” Kennebec Journal 31 Aug. 1978: N. pag. Webber, Sumner."

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"A man who was elderly and was from Vassalboro died when he fell down some steps in the dark. A man from Waterville died from carbon monoxide…"

Guilford, Maine - PEOPLE

"… grandson of Deacon Robert Low, sometimes called Elder Low. Moses Guilford Low X Guilford Low lived to be 93 years of age."

Porter Memorial Library

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Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"Weeks, and an elderly lady from the Deering family. Thomas R. Burnham arrived in Portland from Bangor in 1858 and was joined the next year by his…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"Some elders where rushed out of nursing homes without power, and moved to shelters where there was power."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - War of 1812

"The elder Chamberlain was a shipbuilder from Orrington and lost two ships in the Battle of Hampden. (Little 1909) Many townspeople were held captive…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Atticus: A Fugitive Slave

"… the incident, it is rumored that Atticus, then an elderly man, approached a grandson of Captain Philbrook, who happened to be loading a ship in…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… Collection, with a strong image of an elderly woman knitting. The lady’s plain dress and her old rocking chair indicate a rural origin for this…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… child rearing, cooking, and caring for the sick, elderly, and dead. She took on these roles in an era where there were no modern services as we…"

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

"Plummer “ “ “ A. Elder “ “ “ West Village Old Mill DamNew Portland Historical Society The West Village was once a very prosperous place, mills…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"… the personal collection of Denny Robertson, Linda Elder, and Cordell Snow. —(LI) Thesis on Shipbuilders of Blue Hill by Rebecca Herrick—(SHIP)…"

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

"Ella called elderly people every morning as a community service. People called Ella to contact the doctor if he and his assistant were busy with…"

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

"Most people left in Stockholm were elderly people that couldn’t leave or farmers that wouldn’t leave."