Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"Lady Pepperell's needle case, 1812McArthur Public Library Fighting with the natives did not cease; however, settlers and entrepreneurs continued to…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… waned, even disappeared for a while, until the Ladies Social Library of Blue Hill was established in 1868 with Mary Jane Clough as President."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"These courses were taught by the well-educated nuns from Quebec in the city, and an arrangement with Laval University allowed for conferral of an…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"The Ladies Public Improvement Society, an organization that got its start as a suffragette group, was and still is a focus of community life in South…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 1 of 2

"She has lived in The County all her life, so giving me the information was easy. Rena’s mother, Sadie, usually had a tub, which she filled with water…"

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

"… made into twenty four movies, the most recent "Ladies in Lavender" (2004) with leading roles by Judie Dench and Maggie Smith."

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"The Ladies' Home Journal stated in one issue, "Sugar cane is needed to make molasses. Molasses is used to make industrial alcohol which is needed to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… with a generous contribution of $75 from the ladies known by the imposing name, "Dixfield Universalist Circle of Industry”—later called the Ladies’…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"Ladies Aid meeting, Swan's Island, ca. 1940Swan's Island Historical Society The Redmen and their sister organization, the Degree of Pocahontas, used…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… for a month or more and brought along their ladies’ maids, butlers, and chauffeurs who stayed close by in the lesser quarters at the Inn or in…"

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"The factory, which made ladies shoes of many styles, was very successful and was a creator of jobs in Hallowell."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 1 of 4

"… is a reminder that, probably thanks to local sea captains, some Maine ladies received lengths of the Chinese silks made for the Western market."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"Aspiring "ladies" and "gentlemen" could refer to the many manuals and magazines available in the nineteenth century that detailed behavioral rules…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

""A Society Lady of 1889," BangorMaine Historical Society and Maine State Museum He refers to notes and sketches that helped inform his surviving…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush, who raised over $2 million over the years through the annual George H.W. Bush Celebrity Golf Classic."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Green's Department Store

"Mr. Green was a Presque Isle merchant for 37 years. He also opened two other stores, one in Houlton and the other in Danforth."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Building of Arts, Bar Harbor, ca. 1910Jesup Memorial Library The hotel scene did start to fade. Rich summer visitors wanted more than just rooms."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Martin swing, Center Street, Bangor, 1864

"… swing I ever sit in," adding, "we have had gent & Ladies swing in it from New York Indianna Massachusets & many other states & all the children in…"

Bangor Historical Society

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Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Camden Public Library

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"From 1843 to 1851 Jacob served as the principal of the Abbot Institute. In November of 1853 Jacob married for the second time to Mary Woodbury."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Liz, widow Clark, Bangor, 1848

"… educated" and said they "could as the lady as fine as the finest," as well as "swear and be more profane than any sailer." He wrote, "Manners…"