Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - A Walk On The Streets During The Ice Storm

"… the sun sets and day turns to night Children play board games by candle light Although the ice storm caused bad weather It brought families and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - St. John's Episcopal Church Building

"… in 1875 in the “Gothic Revival” style with board and batten siding. It is the oldest standing public building in Presque Isle."

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… of bed springs 54 1/2 of shingles 15in 73 feet of boards 17 barrels of pot ashes 1 pair of wheels lamb, potato, fish, bread, butter 15m 73 feet of…"

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…"

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."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… to stand in front of the entire school and the board of trustees and apologize. This was designed to embarrass the student and set an example to…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… had a visible result on the island; there were boarding houses, boardwalks, sidewalks, hotels, restaurants, movies, and dances."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… down and transform trees into logs and logs into boards. Hallowell Steam & Boom Company, Kenebec River, Hallowell, ca."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"When it was time for kids to come in a teacher would stand in the doorway and ring a bell unless the school had a bell tower."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"He married Olive True. In 1870 they lived in a boarding house in Lewiston, and he worked in a mill. By 1880 they returned to the area to live in…"

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

"Then the real work began. She took the scrub board and placed it in the tub, then took the clothes and ground them against the board to make sure…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes diving off wharf, Hampden, ca. 1840

"… (1830-1918) of Brewer often dove off a pile of boards on Covaly's wharf in Hampden in order to retrieve an egg that his friends dropped in the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying

"While the quarry was functioning, boarding houses sprang up on the island to meet the needs of housing the workers."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Revenue gunboat "Mahoning," Bangor, 1864

"I then went on board & examined her machinery guns & work generally which was all plain and of the very best material and painted & varnished and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Phair House, the Bellstead and the Social Security Building

"Beaulier who operated it as a boarding house. Beaulier sold the house in 1944 to the Bell Telephone Company and they used it to house out-of-town…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Meet Blue Hill's Project Team

"Comments may be directed to the Board of Directors of the Blue Hill Historical Society at info@bluehillhistory.org."

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."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - About the Team

"… Merrill, North Yarmouth Historical Society Board Members, North Yarmouth Town Office staff, Sally Semmes Pierce, and Richard Semmes."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"To hear more about the boarding houses in Eva Wheaton’s audio story found in the Islanders at Work exhibit, click here."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - EXPLORE the history of Biddeford, Maine...

"Passengers boarding trolley at Five Points, Biddeford, ca. 1900McArthur Public Library City Building commemorative cup, Biddeford, ca."

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…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"Ira supplied all the lumber for the school. The school was used for three years then was sold to the town for $142 in 1830."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Our Partners

"… Boucher–Byron Historical Society/RSU 10 School Board Michelle Boucher-Ladd–Holy Savior School/Byron Historical Society Elliott Burns–Rumford…"