Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"… 1905 were separated into two groups according to age. The younger group took four years to complete the course requirements, while the older…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"… and Topsham until his death in 1855 at the age of 45. Slightly later in time is the ambrotype of Captain Lewis Mitchell of Portland, a veteran…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 2 of 3

"1855Maine Historical Society In this age of cotton industry growth, attractive 1840s printed cottons were affordable and readily available, yet they…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"… was 13, her brother also died of consumption at age 23. "Fly Rod" CrosbyMaine State Museum If one family member died of consumption, usually…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"He enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 28. He served in Company L of the First Cavalry. Edmund was wounded on August 20, 1862."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"… poem published in the Boston Olive Branch at the age of 15. In 1851 she married Marshall S. M. Taylor, and within a few years they were divorced."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"14, 1862, Aged 9y 4m 24d. Though we weep, she returns not." X The next day townspeople gathered in the area to help with the search."

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

"At the age of 15, she worked five nights a week and slept on a sofa in the office. She was allowed to sleep after 11 p.m., but farmers would wake her…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 4 of 4

"This legislation regulated working age, minimum wage and work conditions. Coat label, ca. 1938 X"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"Oct. 18, 1918 At the insisting of my aging mother, my new husband, and my “wise” sister this will be my last entry, but I found the need to report…"

Early Maine Photography - War

"… Collection, the images of two aged Revolutionary War veterans are contrasted with those of several young men who served in the Civil War. Simon…"

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"It won’t even buy a tank of gas this day and age, but in 1812 the settlers of Township Six Range Seven gathered together and set aside $21.00 to…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"… a century – long enough to be photographed in old age. Legend often states Conrad Heyer was the first white child born in the German immigrant…"

Guilford, Maine - PEOPLE

"… Low X Guilford Low lived to be 93 years of age. He passed away on May 6th, 1909 in his hometown of Guilford."

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"At the age of twenty-one in 1845 he rented a room in Portland’s City Hall in order to make crayon portraits of local residents."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"

"… "Americanization" classes for adult and school-aged immigrants. Although organizations in Portland had provided coursework in the English language…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"… into military service on August 6, 1942 at the age of 39 and she was commissioned as WAAF 3d officer on October 3, 1942."

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"… Two daguerreotypes Sarah Sullivan Richards at age seven and age ten depict mourning through memory."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… Gloucester, leaving his three sons, approximate ages 13, 12, and 11, to look after the property and tend the cow."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… II - one very young, one near the upper limit of age to serve; one came home, one did not; one was male, one was female; both volunteered; one…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jeremy Nelson

"… moved to Lincoln Township, Maine in 1824 at the age of 23. He bought two lots on the present-day Military Road."

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"At age 22 Thomas S. Libby became a wheelwright and a carriage maker from 1841 to 1861, greatly assisting the community by repairing their wagons."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"He died of his wounds in 1864, at age 45. Many islanders joined the First Maine Heavy Artillery. In one battle alone, 210 men died, the largest loss…"

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"At an early age, he showed intellectual promise, and his parents sent him to the Maine Central Institute in Pittsfield, followed by Bates College…"