Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - The Johnson Shoe Bros.

"… Their work was proclaimed, "not good quality." In 1927, a skating rink took its place, This, the Johnson brothers had to face."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - SEE NOTES "Jaffery" a new novel. Publisher's promotion postcard.

"… was a prolific and popular novelist between 1900-1927. His novels have been made into twenty four movies, the most recent "Ladies in Lavender"…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Maine Farmer's Exchange (MFX) Building

"It did finally suffer some damage in the fire of 1927. The town’s first telephone switchboard was located in this building in Hodgden’s Plumbing."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"The Fernando Gorges, which operated from 1909 to 1927, could also carry locomotives. With the opening of the Carlton Bridge in 1927, train ferries…"

L.C. Bates Museum/Good Will-Hinckley

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… Media Charles Lindbergh On July 24, 1927, Col. Charles Lindbergh made an unexpected landing at Old Orchard Beach."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

"An article from the Evening Express in April 1927 that featured a man named George H. Moy read, George H."

Sanford-Springvale Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"… did the Johnson Shoe Factory close in April of 1927?  After all, it had been such a successful business for over forty years, a leading producer of…"

Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"… owned and operated the Ocean View Hotel after 1927. She fixed up the building, did all the baking and washing herself, and held regular dances…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"The 1927 yearbook had a drawing of the death of basketball, born in the season of 1912-13 and died in A.D."

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

"In 1927, the society, along with the town engineer, proposed razing numerous buildings on Main Street, replacing them and widening the road."

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club from 1927 to 1941. During these years he hiked the then-new Appalachian Trail at every opportunity."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… attempted to fly into the airport in July 1927 while it was under construction, but dense fog prevented him from landing."

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

"Few roads were tarred. By 1927, popularity of the automobile forced Scarborough to address the issue of road repair and maintenance at a town meeting."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"The program grew from its modest start. In 1927, the number of students climbed to 15, and the school held its first public graduation ceremony in…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… Payson house on Deering and State Streets in 1927, with Weeks transforming into a home for nurses, with Josephine McLaughlin as matron."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"Construction began in 1927 and was completed in September 1928. During its period of operation, famous people who landed at the Scarborough airport…"

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… Society of Civil Engineers in 1922 and in 1927 they elected him president, the highest office in the society."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… Bridge was built at the south end of downtown in 1927. Ebb and Flow: Downtown from the Civil War to 1900 The end of the Civil War was a time of…"