Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 121-end

"Intro: pages 121-end   Part 4, pages 121-end The final section of Martin's scrapbook begins with his reflections on the new inventions and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 604-650

"Intro: pages 604-650 Approximately 1860-1865   Part 9, pages 604-end John Martin concluded his 650-page journal writing about the effects of the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) Union & Journal (Biddeford, Me.), 24 June 1864 X After the war ended both the…"

Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"Cottagers Chatwold, Bar Harbor, ca. 1900Jesup Memorial Library As Mount Desert Island’s visitor count rose, many wealthy rusticators opted for…"

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Millinocket Fire Department

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Jesup Memorial Library

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Interior, John Martin Store, Bangor, 1862

"… John Martin Store, Bangor, 1862 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904), an…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… and freight depot for eighteen years until Maine Central Railroad (MCRR) shut down its passenger service in 1959."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store, Center Street, Bangor, 1862

"… Center Street, Bangor, 1862 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904), an…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Once that program came to the State of Maine, Bath was one of the first communities chosen to participate in 2001."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Eighteen Surry men served in the First Maine Heavy Artillery. Of these, six were wounded, three were killed in action, and one died of disease."

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"… Border Dispute and the "Aroostook War" The Upper St. John River Valley , N. Aroostook Co., Me. and Madawaska Co., NB: A History of the Communities…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"Louis", in which he made his historic flight across the Atlantic Ocean only two months prior. Lindberg's emergency landing signaled to the people of…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… includes several notable examples, including St. Barnabas’s Episcopal Church in Rumford of 1904 and the Hannaford Brothers Warehouse of 1919-20 in…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"John Valley, eastern Canada, or southern Maine. The language and customs of three countries—Sweden, France and England—were subsequently all absorbed…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Welcome - Valkommen

"… today with its celebrations at Midsommer and St. Lucia. Swedish folk dancing and the sounds of Swedish music can still be heard during the various…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"John attended and graduated from St.Theresa's Catholic School where he received many certificates of honor and was a 1943 graduate of Mexico High…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"… Short & Harmon stationary store, at 474 Congress St., where they both worked. Ms. McDonald was distributing the weekly pay envelopes when…"

Lincoln, Maine - Roger Weatherbee of Lincoln in his P-51 H fighter plane, 1946

"and up over his home on High St. Roger was in the actual fighting of the war and flew many combat missions in a P-38 fighter plane."

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"… and ideal works such as The Dead Pearl Diver and St. Elizabeth of Hungary. His promising career ended prematurely in his death from tuberculosis at…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… with whom she had started for Maine ports and St. John, N.B., only half an hour before … International Steamship Landing The landing, built…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"The School League at the Institute had teams like St. Athanasius, coached by Rivard, St. Johns, coached by Taylor, and Chisholm School, coached by…"