Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Captain Samuel Watts House

"Both owned large properties in New York, where they spent a good deal of time with their families when not at their homes in Thomaston."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architecture

"A large majority of the homes were designed and built by captains and shipbuilders, men who had a tendency to overbuild structures in order to…"

Lubec Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Cheese Factory

"Large round blocks of cheese were stored in round wooden boxes. These boxes were often used as pantry storage boxes. Return to Student Research"

Robert A. Frost Memorial Library

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 7, pages 114-134

"… the "demoralisation of our once peacable city," largely blaming the Irish for the decline. People and topics mentioned include: Rinaldo B."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lamps and stove, John Martin store, Bangor, 1864

"… had "the best fashion stove to infuse heat over a large room that ever was invented." Martin opened the store in 1862 after many years of working…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"… the longshoremen were working on, and notable large fish that were caught. As an example of what the section covered, the April 23, 1933 edition of…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1830-1860

"… fashion and the survivor of long wear, features a large practical hood. Watered silk cape, ca. 1865Maine Historical Society Two piece…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Gauze evening dress with silk sash, ca. 1865 - Page 1 of 4

"The overskirt features large scallop embellishment and is trimmed with ruffles along the bottom edge."

Architecture & Landscape database - Biographies

"The biographies are largely authored by Maine State Historian Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., and based his work with the Maine Historic Preservation…"

Farmington Public Library

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Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1870 to 1900

"… Dolman sleeved mantles suitable to wear with large skirts or bustles dominated women's outerwear in the earlier part of this period."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"It quickly swept through 67 summer estates, five large hotels and 170 year-round homes. It surrounded the village, cutting off all roads."

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… the plain wood ash, or they could blanch it in a large vat, and boil it down to produce pot-ash (potash)."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture

"There was “almost no honey in Maine.” The apple crop was largely affected by the lack of bees. Burnham Morrill Corn Factory, Farmington, ca."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"Using a very large boulder as the corner (a stationary object used as a focal point) they measured out six lots and drew lots for ownership."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… of its time, and played all over New England to large audiences. Conrad Coulombe in costume for play "Tonkourou," Biddeford, ca."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"… from the newer built camps which remain largely empty most of the year, it is a quiet place."

Maine Maritime Museum

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Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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Franco-American Collection

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Cary Library

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Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"Sadie’s smiling face and her informal pose in a large Victorian chair capture the spirit of childhood in an ambrotype made about 1858."