Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"The residences of Summer Street reflect Hampden’s 19th century wealth, for Hampden was a place of increasing industrialization."

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

"… to night Children play board games by candle light Although the ice storm caused bad weather It brought families and neighbors closer together The…"

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Washington Street has become world-famous for its variety of 19th century architecture, and Centre Street remains the most direct way to Bath's…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Throughout the nineteenth century, as the lowest of these areas were filled in and Commercial Street was added to the east of Front Street, the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… so that he could take pictures with more natural light. A typical picture, like the Hatch portrait of the little girls, was elaborately printed in…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… was completed and cars could avoid the traffic light at Washington Street. However, drivers could also avoid stopping in Bath and spending money at…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"Sunday July 2 "came in with a light breeze southwest and fine weather" and the same but cloudy skies prevailed on July 3."

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… Historical Society Festooned with electric lights, Lubec prepared Water Street, below, for the July 4th parade which simultaneously honored the…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"The Lubec Channel Light was commissioned in 1890. Shipwrecks led to the construction of a lifesaving station at Carrying Place Cove in 1874."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… petitioned President Jefferson to establish a light at West Quoddy Head 1807 • President Jefferson initiates trade embargo."

Lubec, Maine - Team Members

"Team Members Lubec Consolidated School 44 South Street Lubec, ME 04652 (207) 733-5591 msad19@yahoo.com http://www.lubecschool.org Lubec Historical…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… Society Here’s a view looking southwest on Water Street at its junction with School Street. The towered corner building housed the Post Office in…"

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

"… the blizzard descended, and went, leaving Main Street in this state near the Columbian Store. Blizzard, Lubec, January 1934Lubec Historical…"

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

"And Washington Street would soon connect to Water Street, sometimes called Front Street, with the sweeping curve shown below."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"Among them, close to where School Street came down to meet Water Street a bit left of the center of the photograph, was the smokehouse operated at…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"American Can with its factory on that newer waterfront street had brought change to the canning industry."

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"Audio here.  Christmas on Water Street, Lubec, ca. 1940Lubec Memorial Library J: What was it like for the town during the busy time? S: Well…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"He enlisted in Battery 2, 1st Maine Light Artillery, on November 11, 1861. He re-enlisted in December, 1863, and was promoted to Corporal in 1865."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison leaves Thomaston - 2002

"… trail around the perimeter, with future plans for light commercial and residential development that will appear as an extension of existing town…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 121-end

"… changes in life -- trolleys, gas, electric street lights, and U.S. Mail boxes. He wrote again about his family's history in Ellsworth, his…"

Milbridge Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Primary and intermediate school, Bangor, 1865

"… committee had the building painted a light yellow. Martin, an accountant and shopkeeper, and his wife, Clara Cary Martin, had six children. Their…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"It was so light when we got [to] the tin bridge that we didn't need head lights and when struck there the flames looked miles high in front of us and…"