Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Clara Cary, Rinaldo Wiggin, John Martin, Bangor, 1844

"… Wiggin's grave, Martin wrote: "Clara Cary was large around in proportion to her height but from this time untill she was 19 years old she grew slim…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867

"… viewed the village and located behind a number of large elms & butternut trees & surrounded by a high buck thorn hedge I observed the building I…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gorham L. Boynton, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… that Boynton "appears as I have given him very large not very tall wears usually a low crowned straw hat drab or yellow pants & vest sometimes a…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"… endeared to all her schollars." The area became largely Irish and Martin reported that his wife, Clara, and other parents complained about the…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"Curiously, the sitter holds two large dollar bills and has another pinned to his coat. In contrast to these landscape backgrounds is the indoor…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"… of Portland’s Hannah Robinson and her daughters wearing high waist dresses appeared on a large pitcher made for Robinson in Liverpool, England."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 3 of 4

"The large number and variety of long 1930s dresses preserved in the collection are a reminder that it was still customary to wear long dresses for…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4

"… simple dress features a front closure with four large flat pearl buttons, waist level buckled belt, and a straight skirt with a single neat pleat…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 2 of 3

"… sprig-print 1894 summer wedding dress features large topped sleeves encased in semi-transparent tulle that creates a gigot-style effect."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 4 of 4

"The dress also includes two large jet beaded medallions, holding a satin swag that is draped over the skirt's front."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 4 of 4

"… effect on the bodice, which closes with matching large silk trimmed buttons. The braid and the buttons were probably products of the new braid and…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Further Reading

"… Kennebeck Proprietors, 1749-1775 "Gentlemen of Large Property & Judicious Men". Somersworth: New Hampshire Pub. Co, 1975. Saxine, Ian."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"The intersection is now home to a large credit union chain building, a large apartment complex (Washington House) and one of Bath's few traffic…"

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"It was a way of transporting a large amount of logs to mills by floating them down rivers. Logs were also transported across lakes using booms."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"… building in downtown Bath, was built in 1810 with large columns facing Centre Street. When the Bath Bank building was torn down, the prominent…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… as it came to be known, was built in 1795 in large part because Henry Knox pledged 40 pounds and the glass for the windows if the structure was…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… manufacturers utilizing forest products on a large scale was Guilford Lumber Company, makers of box shooks (the sides of wooden boxes, popular in…"

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

"Large parcels are protected as parkland or conservations areas. The Royal River corridor, a large, intact wildlife habitat, is preserved from…"

Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"The Holmans with their large land holdings at the center of town predominated, however. Even today many of the town’s people take special pride in…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"… accompanies the army wherever it goes, and a very large number of soldiers get their pictures taken and send them to their friends."

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"… a shared a border with British Canada, Mainers largely shifted their focus from separation to the war effort."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"… developed and fervently defended their extremely large tract during the twenty-five years leading up to the Revolution."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Olof Nylander, 1864-1943

"The collection has stayed amazingly intact and a large part of it is on permanent display at the Nylander Museum in Caribou."