Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Cyclone Poems

"… and it is tight Help has come for me Boy In a dark tight space A faint light appears slowly I am carried out Boy and Horse by Emily and Courtney…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Home

"… of Major General Henry Knox EXPERIENCE the dark history of the Maine State Prison IMAGINE the hey-day of Thomaston's lucrative Shipbuilding era."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"In 1891, the newly constructed Dark Harbor landing was host to regular steam boat trips from Rockland, and thus began the third summer community on…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 1 of 6

"… developing landscape portraits in the dark room at his Clover Cottage home, drawing small and detailed pencil sketches, or in the constant…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm Poem

"Citizens admired the glistening glaze from behind dark windows; playing cards by candlelight with battery-run radios humming to fill silence."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1830-1860

"… with a similarly trimmed shoulder cape; a wide dark brown wadded coat, with an open front, gathered back waist, and voluminous matching cape…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gorham L. Boynton, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… pants & vest sometimes a black coat & sometimes dark or brown most generally cut frock coat and as a rule smokes a cigar while in the streets." He…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"… to an active country life, fine quality English dark wool broadcloth, and skilled tailoring led to the rise of superior English tailored male dress."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 3 of 3

"The neat sleeves on an end-of-the-decade dark green wool suit are notable, not for size, but for small epaulettes, trimmed in black and red to match…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Dark Harbor Post Office, Islesboro, ca. 1900Islesboro Historical Society Many other shops and businesses operated in Dark Harbor Village."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"… Hewes Point, Smith’s Landing and, by 1891, at Dark Harbor. Steamboats, however, did not usually transport residents of Islesboro to or from nearby…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… on the southern part of the island, called Dark Harbor School. Number Three was the Creek School located near Mill Creek."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"The reason they made dark colors is so that airplanes could not spot the cars. Presque Isle Historical Society Back then there were a lot more…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823

"… be terrific, and appear like what they should…dark and comfortless abodes of guilt and wretchedness.” It was his intent to reform criminals by…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War & Biddeford

"… is the highest form of patriotism, and amid the darkness and gloom which now surrounds our unhappy country let us faithfully labor and patiently…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4

"… high with melting winter snows from fields, from dark forests, water crashing to granite rock, spray leaping high in the air, rainbow rising in the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1870 to 1900

"1895Maine Historical Society A dramatic dark green, princess style (shaped without a waist seam) full length quilted lined opera coat, made in…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"… and long silk ribbon neck ties; a 1902-1903 dark red wool three-quarter length astrakhan collared cape embellished with a stylized vine pattern of…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… Harbor Village, 1906Islesboro Historical Society DARK HARBOR In 1884, the southern-most settlement of Dark Harbor was the least populated."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Dark Harbor Wharf, Islesboro, 1917Islesboro Historical Society By the mid-1800s, steamboats were used to transport passengers and freight to the…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… died when he fell down some steps in the dark. A man from Waterville died from carbon monoxide poisoning produced from his generator."

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"… or rest; and they would get sick from the damp, dark and dirty environment they worked in. Two million school-age children each worked fifty to…"

Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"… of the quarry road said that he saw a mysterious dark cloud but failed to report anything about it. A young boy named Virgil White was caught in…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Additions and New Wing - 1824 to 1843

"To address the previous dark cave-like conditions, the plastered walls and split granite floors were whitewashed."