Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Bar Harbor: Building of Arts

"… October 1947 the Building of Arts was lost in the large fire that swept the eastern side of Mount Desert Island."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"… Sound, where the water was deep enough for very large vessels. As many as 50,000 paving blocks would be shipped on one schooner, usually loaded by…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… from ocean trips to coastal runs and on large inland bodies of water. Steamer, Lizzie M. Snow, Kennebec River, Hallowell, ca."

Historic Hallowell - The Boston Flint Company

"… This process was done during the spring because glue could not be made in hot weather, nor a large quantity in the winter on account of it drying."

Historic Hallowell - Prisons and Firearms

"… clubs or “night sticks." A night stick was a large club to stop criminals by hitting them and knocking them down."

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"… Library Before derrick cranes and steam winches large pieces were extracted by means of "rising wedges," levers, block and tackle and wood bracing."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington's Agricultural Pursuits

"Wool and hay continued to be large exports of Farmington well into the early 1900’s. Back to History of Farmington's Agriculture"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"The second story of the building was one large room, and was actually completed by the Congregational Society sometime between 1828 and 1839 to be…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"William King owned a large tract of land in Thomaston, formerly owned by General Henry Knox. This property included Limestone Hill and its nearly…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"… in Biddeford during these years and had a large store until he removed from the area in 1796."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… Store and Odd Fellows Hall burned in 1902, a large brick building was built on the same footprint."

Abel J. Morneault Memorial Library

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Stockholm Historical Society

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South Portland Public Library

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Rockland Historical Society

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Greater Portland Landmarks

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North Yarmouth Historical Society

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Milbridge Historical Society

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Monson Historical Society

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… activity with everything on a large scale: large farms and mowing fields, great piles of mussel-bed, with large barns and hay crops And...there…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Farming

"… Island Historical Society Sheep were raised in large flocks with little effort and expense because of the extensive pastureland."

Waterville Public Library

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations

"When the Democrats erected a large tent in Bangor for a political convention, Martin took his son along and sketched the tent, pacing off its length…"

Pittsfield Historical Society

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