Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - RESOURCES

"… Economic Development Board Guilford Memorial Library Piscataquis River Festival Lilac Capital of Maine Chicadee Capital of Maine Friends of…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"Members of the band can be seen sitting on the knoll to the left of the Library building. To the right is the F.S. Stevens home built by C.F."

Norridgewock Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 3 of 3

"… Jami Badershall was cleaning the back room of the library, and she started going through cardboard boxes."

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

"After the fire that destroyed the library where much of Swan’s Island historical primary source materials were kept, the Historical Society turned to…"

Peru Historical Society

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Coasting Law of 1789

"Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education [10] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 35."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"MHS received an Institute of Library and Museum Services (IMLS) grant in 2015 to digitize the full collection, which is now available online."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 1 of 4

"1874Walker Memorial Library After the Civil War, sewing machines reached the professional dressmaking and home sewing market. They were expensive."

Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"… illuminates and inspires new gardens at the turn of the next century. Garden at Beau Desert, Bar Harbor, ca. 1900Jesup Memorial Library"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"1880Lubec Memorial Library 1700s 1754 – 1763 • Maine Indians forced north into eastern Maine during French and Indian War 1755 • British deport…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"Cohen School. Images are from Bangor Public Library. Introduction Bass Park has been with us since the 1800's."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… Garage Under Construction 1939Northeast Harbor Library After her mother died in 1941, Mame moved back to Maine and into the Old Ell full-time…"

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… Sardine Queen Ball, Lubec, 1949Lubec Memorial Library J: What was your job? What did you do during the day? S: Well, we had these tables where we…"

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"1976Raymond H. Fogler Library Hancock Street buildings, Bangor, ca. 1976Raymond H. Fogler Library Secretary Cohen was born and raised on…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"Two new bridges were built, the library was renovated, and zoning ordinances were drafted, but not accepted so the entire planning board resigned in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"Fishing weir, Bar Harbor, 1903Jesup Memorial Library Some of the pots that boiled behind Wabanaki shacks and tents were filled with dyes used for…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… Street, Northeast Harbor, 1947Northeast Harbor Library By 1910, Northeast Harbor had four groceries, one fruit stand, two dry goods stores, four…"

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

"1917Northeast Harbor Library In the 21st century, these trends have been exacerbated. In 2000, the overall town valuation was $2 billion."

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"Cyclone, Cotton Mill, Hallowell, 1895Hubbard Free Library In April 1890, the Cotton Mill was shut down, three years after changing the name to…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"1939Hubbard Free Library What was shipped in and out of Hallowell and where was the cargo shipped to? The products shipped were: granite, wood…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"… Historical Society and The Farmington Public Library Jacob Abbott played a major role in the development of education for both men and woman in the…"

Old York Historical Society

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Colby College Special Collections

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