Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… and Brewer by trolley, Riverside Park offered city dwellers from all classes a diversion from urban life, a day of amusement in the country."

Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"… in an area about one mile up and shipped to big cities like Boston and New York. Sometime ice was shipped to Cuba and the West Indies."

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

"… heat and the seasonal epidemics of the crowded cities. Blue Hill Inn construction, Blue Hill, 1892Blue Hill Historical Society The Summer…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"Rufus King relocated to New York City two years after his 1786 marriage to Mary Alsop, daughter of wealthy New York merchant John Alsop."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… of the Order of Ransom, founded in 1218 in the city of Barcelona. Its members cared for the sick and ransomed prisoners of war."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"… Express had the largest circulation in the city, and leveraged this by charging exorbitant advertising rates."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… and large buildings in fast-growing American cities. In 1836, eighteen large cargoes went out to be used in building the Charlestown Navy Yard."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… last night a dispatch was received in this city for Mayor Bragg, announcing that the village of Lincoln was on fire and an engine was wanted from…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… suggested the name for one of the German free cities because of its shape, location and the fact that trading was as “free” as anywhere in the…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… as many pictures as I could of churches, and City Hall, and the Fire Station. I thought those would be fun to look back on."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… eight months for the building up of a prosperous city around the fabled gold producing plant, dashed.” Even though many investors, very few from…"

Acadian Archives

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… to take control of the fortress at Quebec City then held by the British. The trip was doomed from the beginning as boats were ordered only two…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… families sought to escape the summer heat of the cities. Bangor was already a summer destination, and adventurous families soon discovered Ryder’s…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"The Photo Cray Co. in New York City published this version with color applied. The 1900 Report gives details on this step, allowing some…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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