Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"Captain Purington of Topsham and Captain Blanchard of exhibit the stern bearded features of men experienced in commanding sailing vessels."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"At 2:00 AM a fire alarm was set off. The Bath Fire Company responded to the fire alarm and tried their hardest to extinguish the fire and save the…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… many bad fires, including a disastrous forest fire in 1822, but one of the the most dramatic fires occurred in 1939 when the old Grange Hall burned…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… has been rebuilt several times because of fire and water damage; as of 2009 only the second floor resembles the design of the original building…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"Three-masted "terns" were a favorite rig of Canada's Maritime Provinces. The scow schooner, which used a schooner rig on a flat-bottomed, blunt-ended…"

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"… opened the first bookstore established east of Portland, “The Hallowell Bookstore -- Sign of the Bible.” He imported the best books available from…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Instead of boarding his train that day, he immediately began making plans to restore the plant. In 1905, while searching for lumber, he found a…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The Corporation also subsidized the fire department and police department. Eventually it provided the first street and traffic lights."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Prince Memorial Library

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… of Fredericksburg) 1864 – 1874 • Period of great commercial prosperity 1865 • Peak of smoked herring industry • Thirty smokehouses from N."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Growth in the tourism industry provides opportunity for future economic development. The opening of the Roosevelt International Bridge linking Lubec…"