Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"… and come back to pay for the clothes within a few days. Carney’s just added to the mix of shopping for local clothes and it also added to the mix…"

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"Picturing that day when you know that your little boy was going to become a man and see things that you hoped he would never have to see, just…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… Transportation, who still owns it to this day. The railroads were split into two different rails."

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"Now, in 2010, we can receive and send mail any day of the week, except Sunday. Another way the postal service has changed is the price of the stamp."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"Jacob was the town clerk, which is like a modern day secretary. He kept track of all the records and files of the town."

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2

"… Tragedy The fifth graders observations “One day in 1936 school children went to spend the end of the year by going on a boat at Gardner’s Lake."

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… on December 17 and underwent an operation two days later. She spent almost three weeks in recovery (today McDonough would have received outpatient…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"Schools were kept open as long as funds allowed, usually about eight weeks in spring and eight in winter -- four months in all."

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"… people fought in it, and a lot of people to this day are still out there risking their own lives for us to be in a safe place."

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"… the skillfully composed portrait of Lucretia Day Sewall and five of her children is a striking image, in which the sitters look directly at the…"

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

"… he would be missed by his comrades during the days to come. John was a Marine that he was proud to have had in his command, as he knew she was…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Cohen School) and Bangor High School. She knew she wanted to be a writer and editor at a very young age."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… Pike's personal diary for July 4 says that the day "came in calm and fine, later warm," clearly excellent weather for the ceremony."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… operator was a little more difficult in the olden days. Each call was timed. When the call began, the operator would put a ticket into the slot…"

Kennebunkport Historical Society

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Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… John R Braden, lad, you’ve made us glad, in the days now gone before; May your fleet winged-feet beat the music sweet of a well won race once more."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… United Packers, with a capacity of 3000 cans per day. Corn was canned extensively, with other vegetables and fruit handled."

First Parish in Portland

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… frequently in the press, not much is known about day-to-day life for the islanders. For several summers in the mid-2000s, a team of student…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… first cornfields at Meductic (south of present day Woodstock, New Brunswick) were planted by native refugees from southern New England following…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"After a three-day stay following an operation, “I have never, in any hospital, had such good care, such kindness, and thoughtfulness from all those…"

Mercy Hospital - People of Mercy - Page 1 of 2

"In it, she recorded day-to day details of running a hospital, but also of all other facets of her life."

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"Little did they know that the rain was only the beginning of a very wet few days. It was that time of year again--Bangor was beginning to thaw out…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat

"Later that day he reached camp. “Perez Henry Tilson? Perez Henry Tilson?” said the General. “Yes, Sir, I am here,” Henry said."