Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"There were about 300-400 men who worked there. On a regular work day for them, they would wear pants and long sleeved shirts for the cold weather."

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"He used the house as a boarding house for men working at the sawmill and working in lumbering. This house became known as the Springer House."

William Fogg Public Library

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Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"… a tightly composed group of elegantly dressed men, of whom nothing more is known than an inscription that links them to a Bath sea captain."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"Central Maine Power X X men working on the damSkowhegan History House The swinging bridge was originally built for a local farmer to…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… end of the war on April 9, 1865 approximately 97 men and one woman from North Yarmouth and 62 men from Cumberland had left their hometowns and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… Bonney for providing a a tin cup on a chain for men to get a drink of water from the trough. The church sermon that day was about alcohol and its…"

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"… In the beginning there were 16 members, all men. All they had was a linen hose, a two-wheeled hose reel, and a sled for in the winter."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Stearns Lumber Company in East Hampden employed many Hampden men. From its modest beginnings in Brewer in 1836, the Stearns mill became one of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Alive with new possibilities these men began settling uninhabited areas of Western Maine. (Liberty Men and the Great Proprietors, Alan Taylor) As…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"Haigis and several men, some of whom were fellow members of the Lions Club, raised funds to convert an old bread truck into an ambulance."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"Quite a crowd of men, women and children collected on the brow of the hill near the residence of H. B. Stoyell, Esq."

Colby College Special Collections

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"At the time, only men were allowed to vote. Women were prohibited by the government to vote until the 20th century."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"With the fishery and the trading, men were gone for long periods. So women ran the households. They cut and split firewood."

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"Together, Solomon and Grindell leased the building and they turned it into a store that sold apparel for both men and women."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"Men would set a string of singletons, anywhere from 4 to 8 or 20 to 40, depending on the bottom to be fished."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"There were men and some women of all sizes! Some were only 3 feet tall and some were over 7 feet tall! The manager introduced us."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"… of the monument says: “Erected in honor of the men of Lincoln who served their country in the war which preserved the Union, destroyed slavery and…"

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… the shaping of one of Daniel Webster’s “solid men.”.... “How to be dutiful, how to be conscientious, how to be genteel, and well-informed, in order…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… Watch" Thousands of years before the first white men discovered the area, the Kennebec was a throughfare for traveling bands of Indians, including…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… September 1930 and had approximately 120 college men from all parts of the country.(1) At the time it was said that Portland would be ready to take…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… that needed more power than could be supplied by men or animals. In Guilford’s case there were the Piscataquis River, Salmon Stream, and a small…"