Maine Memory Network

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

"A keen observer, Ansley Hall, in the 1890s in Lubec recorded in words the traditional features. A folk vocabulary of the industry emerges."

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

"Hall talked about them when describing “stringing,” calling them “ordinary dip nets” and noting they were also called “wash nets in this locality.”…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"This hall was known as Chase Memorial Hall and when Mr. O.W. Chase died the building was left to the New Portland Lion's Club."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm of 1998

"… students, and projects created by our students at Hall-Dale Middle School’s seventh grade. These include a time line, comic strips, wanted ads, a…"

Skowhegan Community History - About the Project

"… in a local effort to save their town's Grange Hall. They have created a historic walking tour that includes a map and multimedia presentations on…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"… in 1845 he rented a room in Portland’s City Hall in order to make crayon portraits of local residents."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4

"Scarborough Town hall X Bibliography Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"In 1853 the White Mountain guide Joseph A. Hall proposed to Abner Lowell, a Portland jeweler and mountain enthusiast, a plan for a carriage road to…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… Yarmouth Historical Society Dolloff Family Era: 1876 – 1970 Abbie and Oscar Dolloff raised a family of six daughters and one son at Skyline Farm…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"Hudson, the Hilton Family, the Drake Family, the Cummings Family, John and Pat Selicious, Lynn and Harry Anderson, and photographer Steve Maines."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"Wescustogo Grange Hall PlateNorth Yarmouth Historical Society Agricultural Societies Farming families benefitted from the establishment of the…"

Penobscot Marine Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"There was also a pool hall in town where he would go after school to play pool or the pinball machine. There was a drug store called Rexol."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Additions and New Wing - 1824 to 1843

"The cells were placed off large halls, lined with windows capable of being moved on pulleys and weights."

Maine Maritime Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… named after the early settlers including Howard Hall, Goodwin cottages, Day Hill, Richards Avenue, Wills Block, Packard Block, to name a few."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… fires occurred in 1939 when the old Grange Hall burned at the site of the present Grange Hall and then, of course, the Bar Harbor fires in 1947…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"For many years this hall was used for public functions, being centrally located. In 1937, the Rolerson family built the Ocean View Movie Theater."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"He was taken to Bangor City Hall. Gang leader Brady's burial, Bangor, 1937Bangor Historical Society Al Brady's body was never claimed so he…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"She devoted her life to family and the community. Addie was involved with the public library, and she also served on the committee that erected the…"

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

"… Future A historical town narrative Text by Kate Hall & Amanda Pingree Images from New Portland Historical Society and Maine Historical Society…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"… in the schoolhouse that later became the Grange Hall, located on the road now known as Lambert Hill Road."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"The altar in a Grange hall usually displays an open Bible, agricultural tools, and an American flag."

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"City of Ellsworth History. 2011. Ellsworth City Hall. 27 Mar. 2011 <http:// cityofellsworthme.org/index.php?option=com_cont...>."