Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"The Ocean View hotel was open throughout the 1920s but it was shut down during the Depression, along with many of the island's industries."

Westbrook Historical Society

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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Colby College Special Collections

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"… of the Portland Press Herald, Waterville Morning Sentinel, and the Maine Farmer. In 1925, Gannett would consolidate the Portland newspaper market…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"A New Look at an Old Painting Morning View of Blue Hill VillageJonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. by Tim Garrity The Reverend Jonathan Fisher's…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ballard Hill School, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"Wright. The morning exercises were performed by Mr. Wright. He then read a few passages from the Bible."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Additions and New Wing - 1824 to 1843

"On May 16, 1841 an early morning fire consumed two shops in the yard of the State Prison. The leather, carriages and corn stored within were…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"A Morning View of Blue Hill Village, 1824Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. Upon his graduation the town of Blue Hill offered him a permanent position…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"I don’t start work until 9 in the morning. I get paid monthly; it’s just enough for me to pay my rent here."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"My grandfather told me about it. Sometimes in the morning I get woken up by the train as it goes by my house and honks its horn."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… New Portland's old timers and did not wake up one morning and decide when the wire bridge was built and how. Mr."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… night by train and be ready for work on Monday morning. Many elegant cottages were built for and owned by rusticators on Parker Point."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… Maine Subject of New Book.” Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel, 20 June 2015…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… And on the day of the New Year, how perfect! This morning, the streets were filled with men on their way to the mill, on their first day of work…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"A steamboat set out from Ryders’ Cove every morning at 9:00, picked up mail in Belfast, made a drop at Ryder’s Cove and continued to Hewes Point."