Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dr. Charles Snell, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… can draw or represent when I undertake it in good earnest." Martin, an accountant and shopkeeper, beginning in 1864 wrote and illustrated five…"

Early Maine Photography - War

"Their numbers are represented by three earnest young faces. At the age of eighteen, James Davis left his family farm in Plymouth to join Company I of…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"The shift from the Pool to Falls Village began in earnest. More entrepreneurs came to town, to lend their visions, enthusiasm, and indeed their names…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"Holman “paid earnest toward it, for himself and others.” All were from Worcester County, Massachusetts and each paid his one, two or more 60ths of…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"… his left hand on a cane-seated chair, he stares earnestly at the photographer, seemingly unconcerned by his half buttoned jacket and ill-fitting…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… to a paper on this subject by one of its earnest advocates, ‘Captain’ Charles Eliot.” -- W.H. Dunbar and E.L."

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"The Importance of Being Earnest, As You Like It, and many others were put on in the early years. For 16 summers the Surry Theater thrilled audiences…"

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

"The officers of the company are earnest, Christian gentlemen, and many of their employees are Christians."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"Work has been commenced on it in earnest, and it is hoped that by the time the Railroad Bridge is completed and the company are ready to land…"