Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock

"… a technique of cutting and beveling wooden siding boards at intervals to simulate stone blocks. Oftentimes, sand was applied with paint to imitate…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's cart, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… now I made a perfect cart with stake rings side boards Snibells to lip up and all the acoutrements for both a tight body and a sloven hay racks…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Bangor, 1849

"Raynes (1830-1918) pictures him as he is about to board the bark Suliote on January 24, 1849, sailing from Bangor to California and the Gold Rush."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… Free library, was a director of Bath Iron Work's board, and was even the president of the First National Bank of Bath."

Fryeburg Academy Archives

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Ste. Agathe Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"… century record payment of care for those that boarded the sick and infirmed, transported to the mainland those who needed medical care, purchased…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"Many houses along the waterfront boarded shipyard workers. John Bailey to Edward E. O'Brien, Thomaston, 1861Thomaston Historical Society At the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"On Swan's Island she is a school board member, is an active member of the Historical Society and does silk painting."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators come to MDI

"Boarding houses were built to accommodate this new influx of summer visitors – often referred to as “rusticators”."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"Although our farms have declined, the Board of Selectmen recently endorsed the state’s efforts in the promotion of farming throughout the state."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"Each municipality had its Overseers of the Poor board, and the board was responsible for relieving and supporting all poor and indigent persons…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"… first settlers had hewn timber, procured boards and planks from the mill at Cobbossee, and built a comfortable frame house of two stories in front…"

First Parish in Portland

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

"… draughts, and covered the ceilings with matched boards (tongue and groove). Original Log CabinNew Sweden Historical Society Gable-L…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"The process had a ramp, and they would use wooden boards to give the ice blocks a direction into the stacks."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… in the form of a hollow umbrella-shaped sounding-board suspended above his head by a well carved hand and arm let down from the ceiling, as if from…"

Walker Memorial Library

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Skowhegan Community History - Bloomfield Academy

"A board of directors was appointed and among the members were Eli Weston, John Weston, and Solomon Steward of Canaan. They first met in 1812."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"Pepperell Mills boarding houses, Biddeford, ca. 1875McArthur Public Library The "China Trade", started in 1852, was integral to the success."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… school every day, although some choose to simply board on the mainland. In 2008, a fire at the Swan’s Island Library tragically destroyed many of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… shoemaker’s shop, the Herrick family’s hotel/boarding house, and Mr. Herrick’s livery and blacksmith shop that was know for Mr."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"The summer tourists stayed in a boarding house/inn, named at various times Seaside House, Seaside Hotel, The Islesborough and Johnson-by-the-Sea."

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"He used the house as a boarding house for men working at the sawmill and working in lumbering. This house became known as the Springer House."