Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"The first deliveries of salmon smolt (baby salmon) were brought by the ferry, Everett Libby. The picture on the right shows the delivery of the smolt."

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"1920Mexico Historical Society His baby shoes, birth certificate, his mother's picture, and his high school athletic letter were found in the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"When the baby was just five weeks old, Stephen and Betsey Titcomb set out for their new home. They would have to travel 70 miles into the wilderness…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… Abenakis, the way doctors and people delivered babies was very different from today. Giving birth meant young women going into the forest alone for…"

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… and it reads: "Honoring Guilford Low, First Baby Boy Born in Guilford, ME." Inauguration of Air Mail Service to Guilford, 1938Guilford…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"They helped babies come into the world, and they laid the dead to rest. Women's lives were hard and they often died young."

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"… a tree having apples, the apples are the tree’s babies. Works Cited Fellows, Dana. History of the Town of Lincoln."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… at Farmington Model School, 1884 Comparing pictures, it appears this picture was taken in front of the May School Building.Farmington Historical…"