Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… Block, in the late 1860s he had his real estate office in the building until 1891 and a men's clothing store from 1892-1907."

Hampden Historical Society

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Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"Rationing Gas The OPA, the Office of Price Administration, was in charge of rationing, and it issued tips for rationing."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… which time it began service as a seasonal ticket office for Maine Eastern Railroad. Finally, the completion of the four-lane Sagadahoc Bridge in…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

"… himself out of that position to the more exhalted office off division engineer, which means supervision of the designing and constructing of our…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… downtown, destroying Norumbega Hall and the Post Office before climbing the Center Street Hill and burning the residences along Center and French…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… good thing they have captured 4 Commissioned Officers; - 43 Privates; 60 Horses and Mules; A large lot of Boots & shoes; cloth ect. ect."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Junior Martin in cadet uniform, Bangor, ca. 1871

"… occured in July last in the national Insurance office in which he stayed his school vacation of 8 weeks." Martin drew the illustrations of his son…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The John Ruggles House

"Ruggles law office, stood just below to the east. His wife’s sister married the Honorable John O’Brien, who owned the marble manufactory at Mill…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Benjamin Kimball, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… 28, 1866, Kimball and Arvida Hayford, whose offices were in the same building met on a stairway."

Historic Hallowell - Uniforms and Expenses

"The biggest change in law enforcement was the ending of miscellaneous jobs such as dog catching, licensing, and inspecting things like cars and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… politics in 1833 and returned to the practice of law in Thomaston. He was Inspector of the State Prison in Thomaston, took an active interest in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"… other Democratic candidates for state and local offices. With illustrations and commentary, he profiles -- and strongly criticizes -- a number of…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"In 1977 Julie Kent became our first female law enforcement officer, Lois Anderson was elected to the planning board, and Priscilla Lunt became a…"

Porter Memorial Library

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Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"… hardware and tin shop in the same building as his law office. In 1900 a contractor built E.A. Weatherbee’s Hardware store for Edward Albert…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"… moved to Hampden as a young man to practice law. A Jacksonian Democrat, he began his political career in the Maine legislature, serving three terms…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Atticus: A Fugitive Slave

"… in East Thomaston, Sagurs filed papers at the law office for the arrest of Atticus as a runaway slave and had D.N. Piper search Mr."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"There was a special law on the books of the State of Maine entitled “an Act of aid of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad”."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"About the year 1823, the Legislature made a law requiring the taxing of real estate for the building of school houses, and repairing the same in…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"Construction of a new office on the site of the old office began almost before the last ember died. Lincoln Area Hit by Flood Lincoln is a unique…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Jerome and Belle (Smallidge) Knowles opened a law, real estate and insurance office at the head of Main Street in what had formerly been a boarding…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… services – including the bakery, hardware store, law offices and bank. On June 17 & 18, 1966 townspeople chose to celebrate! It was Guilford’s…"

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"#4 In 1947 the Maine State Legislature passed a law intending to create regional high schools. Superintendent Frank Kent placed the wheels in motion…"