Maine Memory Network

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Welcome to New Portland!

"… Portland! Here at our site, you can explore many different historical artifacts. You will find a historical narrative, an exhibit on the history of…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Sports

"Coverage of different types of sports was all encompassing, and includes photos of boxing, baseball, football, golf, horseshoes, swimming, basketball."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Police Department

"… and into the middle 1900's, police were very different from now. Some things that have changed are their firearms, uniforms, expenses, and the term…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Fire Department Technology

"For the past 300 years different types of fire fighting technology have come through the fire department."

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

"… of Biddeford's residents were foreign-born, with different cultures and religions than the old Yankee stock."

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

"In many ways we are not really different from other small Maine towns. In some ways we are different."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"He discusses the differences in different places during the Great Depression, and his father's experience with investments during the stock market…"

Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"… brought the skills of a midwife and caregiver that often meant the difference between life and death for her neighbors. Next step in our journey."

Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!

"… the mountain now encompasses a mix of people with many different backgrounds and a vibrant cultural life surrounded by wilds, woodlands and water."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin gate design, Bangor, 1867

"… a series of gates and fences appropriate for different uses. Gate no 6, he wrote on page 13 of his "Scrap Book No 3," "is designed not to be…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Two star skaters, Bangor, 1868

"… Bangor skater Charles Perry is shown in four different positions and a young man from Canada in four positions while skating at the new Bangor…"

Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"Awards were handed out to winners of different competitions. There were two different categories of awards: department awards and private owned…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"One includes the Dinah Pinard. The Pinard was different from other cars because of how it sat so low to the ground."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - About Us

"… was formed, who could bring an array of different backgrounds and specialties to the project."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"Quilted petticoats of different fabrics and degrees of quilting complexity were worn under short gowns (so called because they extended only a short…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 4 of 4

"… virtually the same styling, chosen by two very different women, from two different walks of life, demonstrate the democratic, equalizing nature of…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"… prolific silk fabric production made all kinds of different silk garments and trimmings available, and relatively affordable, including silk coats."

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Overview

"… commissions, perhaps executed over time, by different architects, or different aspects of a distinct site."

Architecture & Landscape database - Search the Database

"… worked on the same project over time, or if a different architect worked on a given project at a later date, the database may include more than one…"

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"The different reverends attended up to four times a year over the 1880s. Winn was held as a center of Catholicism, and reverends attended different…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"They examined many different maps to see how the buildings at their address had changed shape over the years."

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"… Historical Society In 1958, Prides opened in a different location. Prides Manufacturing Company is located at 169 Water Street in Guilford."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Comparisons

"… Ice Storm and 1998 Ice Storm There isn’t much difference between the Iowa Ice Storm of 2010 and the Maine and Canada Ice Storm of 1998."

Historic Hallowell - Energy

"They would have different methods of cooking. For example, people might have had to go to bed on time with the sun."