Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"… to see and some drifts were up to eight feet high. Before this storm happened, it was predicted to be 18 inches, but it ended up being around 28…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"Notable examples are Deering High School (1922-23) and the Chestnut Street Methodist Church Community House (1924), both in Portland."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… Dunham’s sprawling “Keewaydin” with its 35-foot-high stone tower – both in Seal Harbor. Bird’s eye view of Bar Harbor in the heyday of hotels…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"High School, Hallowell, ca. 1900Hubbard Free Library Young factory workers (like people who worked at the local Hallowell cotton mills and shoe…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding

"However, there is a high probability that a few industrious men with ability built small vessels for fishing soon after they arrived in the area."

John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"… was at its highest point about "poor man one mile high in the air all alone sustained by a cloth bag filled with gas." The journals and scrapbooks…"

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"… building, though, like the Rainbow Girls and some high school civic students who attended town meetings. The town continues to hold meetings here."

Abbe Museum

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Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… Fellows Building, and a new church was built on High Street. Gerald Palmer closed the gristmill, and Guilford Lumber went out of business."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"And Washington Street would soon connect to Water Street, sometimes called Front Street, with the sweeping curve shown below."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"Water was in the streets, yards, and even in home’s. It happened because the ice was backed up under a bridge and the water overflowed."

Belfast Historical Society

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Walker Memorial Library

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Islesboro Historical Society

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Belfast Free Library

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… of iron making at the site, problems with the high sulfur content ore, transportation, and other issues persisted."

The General Henry Knox Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"… begin their training while they were still in high school. Mrs. Arlene Potter said she received 50¢ a week for doing the janitorial work in 1926."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 1 of 2

"… "How would you respond if Mattanawcook Junior High was saved from demolition by the Lincoln Historical Society, like the Little Red Schoohouse…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"In 1919 Stockholm decided to build a grade C high school. The school would be started in August when the boys from World War I returned."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"(photo taken in 2020) X Located on High Street, this building has been a rather prominent structure in town."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"… Building, Guilford Fire Station 3) Guilford High School, Braeburn Hotel, Low's Covered Bridge 4) Guilford Memorial Library, Chase-Em-In Tea Room…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… 21 with Dixfield, Canton and Carthage, with all high school students attending Dirigo (Dixfield) High School."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"In 1996, the Leonard Saulter Facility was constructed on Water Street, the most modern yarn manufacturing facility of its time."