Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"They were truly "summering" in Maine. Lumber Mill at the Mill Pond, Somesville, ca. 1905Mount Desert Island Historical Society Somesville was…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"… built 535, about 40 percent of all those built in Maine for the war effort. Belmont Hotel after the Fire of 1947Bar Harbor Historical Society…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"… from the collections of the Abbe Museum and other Maine Memory Network partners. In the latter half of the 1800s, Mount Desert Islanders marked the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… Henry Richards, a young architect from Gardiner, Maine, traveled by steamer to Bar Harbor to supervise the construction of a summer home for Mrs."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"… hotels, including Rodick House at the corner of Main and Cottage streets. Established in 1866 and twice expanded, it had become Maine’s largest and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… built a simple wooden wharf at the end of Main Street in Bar Harbor, making it possible for the steamboat Rockland to add the town to its run."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… 19th century, commercial lobstering didn't reach Maine until about 1840. Lobsters had always been plentiful, but only now was it possible to get…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… in Cambridge to discuss a camping expedition to Maine. With his father, Harvard President Charles William Eliot, in Europe, young Charles had use…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… of newspapers across New England, especially Maine. Off stage, he was a hunter, guide, medicine man, and tribal leader."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… the true "Mainer" in her piece "On a Porch in a Maine Coast Village." Listen to "On the Porch of a Maine Coast Village" written and performed by…"

Life on a Tidal River - Dress Up Day

"Dress Up Day One of the favorite activities this year has been "Dress Up Day". Both Bill Cook of the Bangor Public Library and Dana Lippitt of the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor High Students

"… Bangor High Students Barbara Sprague X Joey Klam X"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"Bangor During the 1940s Like the rest of America, the effects of World War II governed much of life in Bangor during the 1940s."

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"The War Effort Research and text contributed by Emily, Alex, Kayleigh, Jessica, and Nick Rationing was a fixed allowance for provisions or…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Flying Torah

"The Flying Torah Research and text contributed by Brennan, Sam, Malik, Hunter, Jon, Jackson, Chandler, Kaitlyn and Ronnie Harold Gordon with…"

Life on a Tidal River - Football in Bangor

"Football in Bangor Research and text contributed by Caleb, Patrick, Cole, Riley, and Nathan Football in the '40s Although the game of football…"

Life on a Tidal River - Fashion of the '40s

"Fashion of the '40s Research and text contributed by Anna, Erica, and Molly Photography by Sammi, Corey, Matt, Kaitlyn, Riley, Ronnie, Alania and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Humphrey House

"The Humphrey House Humphrey House, Thomaston, ca. 1871Thomaston Historical Society Howland Rogers was another builder brought to Thomaston by…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"Marion Sanborn Three 10th grade students interviewed Thomaston resident Marion Sanborn, age 85, in the home of one of the students, on November…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"Woodrow Wilson Three 10th grade students interviewed Woodrow Wilson, age not known, at his home in Cushing."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Greenleaf Cilley

"Greenleaf Cilley Greenleaf Cilley was born October 27, 1829 in Thomaston. He entered the service as a midshipman in February 26, 1841."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - P.H. Tilson Death Notice

"P.H. Tilson Death Notice P.H. Tilson died on July 21, 1861 at the Battle of Bull Run. The goal of the battle was to force the Confederates to…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"Andrew Anderson Three 10th grade students interviewed Andrew Anderson, age 85, at the retirement home he resides in, in Thomaston, on January 14th…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop

"Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop Former site of Knox's wharf This 1946 inage shows the area at the foot of Wadsworth Street where…"