Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"Human Interest Two women with whiskey glasses, ca. 1854Maine Historical Society While most early photographers created formal images of their…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… hog and cattle markings, demonstrating that animal raising for sale and consumption was an important early industry to satisfy basic human needs…"

Owls Head Transportation Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Earning Our Keep

"… land, planting crops, seeking shelter, caring for animals, making clothing - the tasks of human existence vary little at the basic level."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Using tools made of stone, bone, wood, and natural plant and animal fibers, they harvested an incredibly diverse range of mammals, birds and fish…"

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"I read the Humane Society ads about what animals they have there know. We got our two Siamese cats from one of the ads."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"Small chipped stone arrow points mark the arrival of bow and arrow technology, in addition to the age old spear and atlatl throwing board and dart."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"Spring gives birth to the many wild animals that frequent the hills, valleys, and woods that make up Lincoln’s 76.8 square miles: black bear…"