Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Industrial Recources

"… it was important to have lifeboats in case of an emergency. If the ship owners were really concerned about safety, they would put paddles on the…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods Citations

"… “FLOOD OF MARCH 1936.” n.d."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Comparisons

"In Maine, the ice storm became a National Emergency. In both cases, power lines were downed and trees were destroyed, people were told to stay…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3

"… garment landscape, largely on college campuses, emerged encompassing a medley of home embroidered and patched blue jeans, tie dyed T-shirts…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"Dr. Bell was making one of his famous emergency calls, and he and the driver had to keep their feet on the dashboard to avoid the water that seeped…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… also referred 12,000 outpatients, treated 7,000 Emergency Room visits, and over 4,000 clinic visits. Staff performed over 4,000 surgical procedures."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… in Old Orchard Beach for events, or for several emergency landings before attempting a transatlantic flight."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"… was without power Maine went into a “state of emergency”. Branches iced over, trees fell down, it sounded like gun shots, it was a vicious noise…"

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"… X A picture of John’s time in California emerges through the letters he sent to his brother Josiah and his father, John."

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"The ensuing health emergency quickly overwhelmed the city’s limited hospital capacity. Right Reverend Bishop Louis Sebastian Walsh asked the Sisters…"

Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"… Society (MHS) has collected photographs since the emergence of photography in the 1840s and maintains one of the largest and most significant…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"By 1807, the idea of separation was again emerging with force. This time, however, it came from the top down."

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"AlexanderMaine Historical Society With the emergence of the architectural profession in Maine in the mid-nineteenth century, architects provided…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Background

"26) each document the emergence of Maine as a unique and independent entity, distinct from British colonial rule, Massachusetts, the Canadian…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Emergency Generators X The old boiler building now houses emergency automatic-start generators and telemetry equipment."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"Nurse Corps with recruitment. In 1947, an emergency struck closer to home. Known as the Great Fires of 1947, a series of blazes from York County to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"At this time a back to the land movement of sorts emerged. So-called Rusticators -- artists, wealthy educators, clergy, and later industrialists from…"

Historic Hallowell - Commerce on the Kennebec Citations

"… “FLOOD OF MARCH 1936.” n.d."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"A folk vocabulary of the industry emerges. The building was divided up into “houses,” generally three of them, and further, into “bays” with “rails”…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… County offices in the Courthouse include: The Emergency Movement Agency, County Commissioners Office, County Communication Center, County…"

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

"The stage was set for Blue Hill to emerge as a center of music appreciation and performance from the founding of the Parker Point summer colony."

Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"… something there just in case there was a medical emergency. We also learned we needed a bigger and safer hospital."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… the steel for the ships and engines, and Bath emerged as the only Maine shipbuilding center to successfully make the transition from wooden to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… is currently a 25-bed facility, with 24-hour emergency services and outpatient specialty clinics."