Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Titcomb Ski Slope, Farmington, ca. 1950

"… Ski Slope including the building / lodge at the base of the slope. Note that this ski slope is on Morrison Hill and not on Titcomb Hill."

Presque Isle Air Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Governor's Potato Plot, Presque Isle, 1959

"… being installed at the Presque Isle Air Force Base and was a great source of pride for the community."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Lockheed 10A, Presque Isle, 1940

"… 1940, just before the airfield became an Army Air Base during World War I. A U.S. Army Air Corp Douglas C-47 is in the background."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Public Library

"… project management, facilitation of community based programming partnerships, and training as a meeting facilitator."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarbrough Middle School

"Its philosophy is based on the "school-within-a-school" concept. There are five "teams" and a student stays on the same team for all three years of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Today

"… among other things, disaster relief, a project based on experience and expertise from years of boatbuilding."

Robert A. Frost Memorial Library

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Architecture & Landscape database - Biographies

"Shettleworth, Jr., and based his work with the Maine Historic Preservation Commission. While serving as Maine Historic Preservation Commission's…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"… Community Heritage Project, to develop a web-based project about the town's history. The project team, comprised of Historical Society members, the…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"This ill-defined boundary, based on an inaccurate map, was laid out in the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Maine Historical Society The European history of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Welcome and Introduction

"… who created historical interpretations of topics based on material that is now presented on Maine Memory Network for the first time."

Historic Hallowell - One of Many Monuments

"One of the four statues at the base (Law) weighs 21 tons. The finished monument is shown in the color postcard."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"All the other maps were built on the base map. Farmington Base Map Farmington Agricultural Sites Farmington Cemeteries Farmington Cultural Interest…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Fales Edgarton House

"… no remains of the early 1630 trading post at the base of Wadsworth Street, and only a handful of 18th century homes survive within the village."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"… Bangor Municipal Airport became Dow Air Force Base through which thousands of soldiers passed. During the war, flights regularly left Dow with…"

Life on a Tidal River - Doughty Students

"… International Airport was named Dow Air Force Base during WWII People had to ration things like gas and sugar! The Bangor Public Library has an…"

Lincoln, Maine - Roger Weatherbee of Lincoln in his P-51 H fighter plane, 1946

"… flew this plane from Florida to Presque Isle air base after being stationed in Florida after WW II. On his return flight, being so close to home…"

Hollingsworth Fine Arts

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Peru Historical Society

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

"Lacking the agricultural land base of the other Colony towns Stockholm’s population, and economic base, has continued to shrink."

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

"… of the businesses in Northeast Harbor were trade-based and 9% were hospitality-focused. In 1910, 40% of businesses in the village are trades and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"To be considered for the award a school must: Be considered "high achieving" in math and reading based on the MEA's; Have a minority group - -…"

Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"Organized into collections based on medium, provenance, location and/or other criteria, the organizational structure of these collections documents…"