Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"… which allowed students to write and keep longer pieces of work. Although some artists use ink today for certain pictures, we mostly use pens that…"

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

"… by singing, reading, or reciting poems or other pieces. Schools from Beech Ridge, Oak Hill, and Dunstan participated in the event, with one hundred…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… a few days the 100-ton schooner was pounded to pieces on the rocks. Cappy The Cappy at Pine Point, Scarborough, 1951Scarborough Historical…"

Historic Hallowell - St. Matthew's Episcopal Church and the Hubbard Free Library

"She was very happy to tell her piece about what happened during the ice storm to St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Allen Building

"… X X The Allen Building is an important piece to the history of Presque Isle. Now a vacant building, attorney Charles P."

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place

"… of Maine, and he recorded his impressions in a piece written for the December 2004 issue of Down East magazine entitled “The Chosen Place”…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"… the clothing on a pantry board, or table, and one piece at a time ironed the clothing to get the wrinkles out."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Civil War

"… the students a hands-on experience with these pieces of history. Once students had a grasp on the project, they helped to come up with the rubric…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Clara Cary, Rinaldo Wiggin, John Martin, Bangor, 1844

"Beneath the illustration, that includes a piece of cedar from Wiggin's grave, Martin wrote: "Clara Cary was large around in proportion to her height…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867

"… of his "Scrap Book no 3." He drew it on another piece of paper on Sept. 8, 1867, and pasted it into the Scrap Book."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3

"1900-1910 Ella May Clark's three-piece dress, Yarmouth, ca. 1901Maine Historical Society Of early 1900s contrasting fashions, one was defined…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Square shouldered cape and suit ensemble, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"… Westbrook College in 1977, along with other pieces from Lucile and her husband Ivan Baker's wardrobe."

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 1 of 3

"The garment portion, about 3,000 pieces, encompasses clothing for people who identified as women, with a smaller representation of menswear and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park

"They started with a tiny piece in Seal Harbor and a hilltop overlooking Jordan Pond. Soon they held the top of Cadillac Mountain, and in 1916 they…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"The new fashion had origins in soft informal one-piece muslin gowns such as those favored by French Queen Marie Antoinette and her circle as an…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 2 of 4

"… in subtle cut and fit, from unexpected multiple-pieced sleeves to the loose bodice pleat and other features."

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

"And even a not so nice piece of our past--the KKK meetings were held there. At one time or another all these businesses were run by different people…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"Part of Meghan's accomplishments are the wonderful audio pieces that you hear in the Islanders at Play and Islanders at Work exhibits."

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"… the Portland Press Herald published a special piece detailing the additions. One headline trumpeted the “Revolutionary Telephone System” installed…"

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"… the wood in a drum with other wood until the pieces were smooth. They would just put the boards into the drum, which would spin for 5-6 hours."

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"After this came half a mile of intense rapids, followed by a vertical waterfall six times as tall as a man."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… for a gallon of rum, and documented the deal on a piece of birch bark—which he somehow lost. A “fishy” story, now legendary."

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"Pieces of homes, trees, and bundles of lumber floated down the river. When the lumber hit the Father Curran Bridge the straps snapped, which caused…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"Cannons and field-pieces were placed in many towns or courthouse squares and parks. The members also gave battle-stained flags, mementos, and…"