Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"… Museum, Hallowell, 1998Hubbard Free Library Red Cross's involvement in the Ice Storm What part did the American Red Cross play in the ice storm…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… able to navigate the bureaucratic red tape of crossing the Iron Curtain and plan a tour in the Soviet Union as Nowick had hoped."

Historic Clothing Collection - Organizational Uniforms

"… with national organizations like the Red Cross. This image gallery offers examples from this small, yet hopefully growing, sub-sect of the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Organizational Uniforms

"… with national organizations like the Red Cross. This image gallery offers examples from this small, yet hopefully growing, sub-sect of the…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"Phebe was just 18. Sanford is buried in the Cross Road cemetery, next to Phebe’s parents. There is no record of Leila’s passing, other than the Surry…"

Historic Hallowell - In Sickness and in Health

"… civil war nurse and founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton) and Benjamin Vaughan. Most wanted to become successful farmers as well as…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm In Hallowell

"Oh what a sight. With the red cross helping tonight Everyone wanted to help keep alive those who yelp. Loving and caring for those they don’t know."

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

"… week when the weather would permit a sail boat to cross the bay Later they were carried daily The department established a mail route and paid the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… where even strangers wave to each other as they cross paths on the roads. Whether they are carried by a horse drawn wagon, or a 320 horsepower…"

Life on a Tidal River - Fashion of the '40s

"Grey Lady Uniform, Bangor, ca. 1942 Gray, red cross ladies uniformBangor Historical Society The use of rubber was also banned during war time, so as…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"The Cross Center In 2013, the 1955 auditorium was officially replaced with the modern 65-million-dollar Cross Insurance Center that is now home to…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Presque Isle Historical Society Crossing the Prestile Stream Presque Isle Historical Society Presque Isle Historical Society Crossing…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"Early settlers crossed the Madawaska Stream to settle the area known as Upsala. The population in 1890 was 66, by 1900 it was 191."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… Harbor Main Street in the 20th century Red Cross Car and Trailer, Main Street, Northeast Harbor, 1947Northeast Harbor Library By 1910…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"… knitting and volunteering for the American Red Cross during both World War I and World War II. On February 22, 1955, Miss Stone was acknowledged by…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"Smith Crossing, with its predominantly Italian population, had the MacDonald School. The Polish, Lithuanian, and Irish folks in the Spruce…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"… have argued about the Indigenous past in the cross-border region, and as Wabanaki political and language activism demonstrates in 2022, Native…"

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

"The Canadian “Red Ensign” flag (with the UK “Union Jack” in the corner) flew, as the later red and white maple leaf flag was not used until 1965."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"Summer residents of Pine Point objected to crossing the double tracks, so the station was moved. Men and heavy equipment arrived about 9:00 A.M."

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

"… student council, 4-H, a hobby club, a junior Red Cross organization, and a French Club. Many clubs competed and won awards."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… triangular “heater” intersection where Route 9 crosses Greely Road. The heater is so called after a certain style of old clothes iron which had a…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"(Lee) McCorison. It fit four passenger cars and crossed the bay in a half hour. The scow transported the first locally owned car to leave the island…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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