Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Poem

"Train Wreck Poem On the tenth of November, 1937 There was a young man named Kevin All at once with a groan Three train cars jumped alone Two cars…"

Historic Hallowell - Disasters - Natural and Man-made

"… of 1954, the Blizzard of 1952, the train wreck of 1937 and the Cyclone of 1895. Scanning X The process started by scanning photographs and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 13 of 13

"… of Logging in Northen Maine” UNIVERSIY OF MAINE PRESS, 1989 Charles Morrow Wilson “Aroostook: Our Last Frontier” Stephen Daye Press, 1937"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"Scholar's Report Book cover, Surry, 1937 - 1938Surry Historical Society In the 1930s and until the school closed in 1952 the first four grades were…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… of Maine Farmington Chester Greenwood 1858-1937: Inventor of earmuffs and other items Lillian Nordica 1857-1914: Internationally famous opera…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"… Association, and towed from Thomaston in 1937. She was the last large vessel to hail from Thomaston and the last barkentine built on the coast…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The "Edward O'Brien", the "Washington B. Thomas", & "Edna Hoyt"

"In Aug 1937 she loaded 1,500,000’ of lumber at Halifax and sailed for Belfast, Ireland. From there she moved on to Cardiff, Wales, to load coal for…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"1937 Crosby served as a role model for young women interested in the outdoors. Strong Historical Society Cornelia “Fly Rod” Crosby died on Armistice…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"A large fire on October 15, 1937 took place in both the YMCA and Columbian Theatre, along with many others."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"… production of earmuffs until his death in 1937 – nearly 60 years – providing jobs for many women."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village Schools

"In the autumn of 1937 Ethel Cobb came to the Record farm on the middle road, she had been assigned to teach at the Parsons School."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"However, in 1937, after determining that the Brann was too small to handle all the traffic to and from the mainland, the boat was taken out of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"By 1937 the W.T. Grant building was finished at the same location, 33 Centre Street. The Grant store was a national chain specializing in merchandise…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"… Alvin Lombard, was born in 1856 and died in 1937. He is most famous for inventing a vehicle that changed the logging business, the Lombard Steam…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"Yarmouth, Maine: The Author, 1937. Skyline Farm of North Yarmouth, Maine. www.skylinefarm.org Smith, David C., et al., “Climate fluctuation and…"

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"… Best Uniforms." The Kennebec Journal [augusta] 1937. Laberge, Mike. “It’s 200 and counting.” Kennebec Journal 17 Mar. 1990 sam. Online interview."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"Sadly, in 1937 the bank was sold. The bank was located at the corner of 10 North Main Street. It was right next to Griffins Department Store."

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"Early Days In Lincoln. Vol. 1. Lincoln, Maine, 1937. Print. Fellows, Dana W. History of the Town of Lincoln. Lewiston, Maine: Dingley. Inc. Print."

Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"… of room and moved to a bigger hospital on July 9,1937 when there was six doctors and ten nurses. This new house on High Street allowed them to have…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"Bickford built five more lobster boats between 1937 and 1945. The first was built in the Pine Point Boathouse, but the building wasn’t tall enough…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"Doris Clark was Bell’s nurse for 18 years. In 1937, the hospital closed, and Dr. Bell began working at the first Franklin Memorial Hospital building…"

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"… Madigan Memorial School of Nursing in Houlton in 1937 before taking vows in the Sisters of Mercy in 1944. As a Sister, Mary Consuela studied at St."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… What became of these three magnificent pieces? A 1937 newspaper item states that the art went into the new 1911 bank. Since then, no trace."