Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"People from New York came to buy furs a lot. Furs were expensive, so Gordon’s farms went bankrupt when people stopped buying them."

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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Belfast Free Library

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"… only had three incorporated counties before 1790—York, Cumberland and Lincoln. Summarized list of grievances (in sidebar): Hatch, Maine, 108-109."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"… Snow went on to work in education Chicago and New York before she died in New York on March 21, 1924. She was 65 years old and is buried in Bangor."

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… packages to the Colored Seaman’s Home in New York and placed the following in its Annual Report: Thus we may have the satisfaction of feeling that…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Rusticators were primarily from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey, and some from as far away as Ohio."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… and Northeast Harbor, Charles travelled to New York City in the night to meet with JDR, Jr., convincing him to purchase the acreage under logging…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 2 of 2

"Bangor Public Library. Microfilm. New York Times (Newspaper), October 18, 1871. Web. Tin Bridge Wreck Bangor Daily Whig and Courier (Newspaper)…"

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"In 1926 the Blue Hill Troupe moved to New York and continued to perform under the name “The Blue Hill Troupe." Since then the Blue Hill Troupe has…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"Higher education was later provided at Stephens High School on York Street. It was built in 1911, with additions being made in 1915, 1917 and 1931."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… in the business in 1872; relocated from New York to Portland, ME., and married Henrietta Mason of Portland."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… in Fall River, Massachusetts; Brooklyn, New York; and Germantown, Pennsylvania. He is remembered as a prolific writer of hymns, the compiler of…"

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

"He was imprisoned in Augusta, where New York police subsequently discovered that Kirby was the missing murderer of Lillian White of Brooklyn, NY."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 2 of 2

"… of garments such as those advertised in the New York store Gimbles' 1915 catalogue, straight tailored skirts, and similarly skirted dresses, some…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 3 of 3

"… by Catherine Ogust for Penthouse Gallery, New York, the company on the caftan's label. The fabric is also reminiscent of influential Italian…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Project Background and Partners

"… support of the Leon Levy Foundation of New York, the Maine Memory Network's Maine Architecture & Landscape Design Database launched in January…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"… army and fought at Bunker hill and in New York. Colonel Josiah Little Josiah Little was the son of Colonel Moses and Abigail Little and born on…"

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

"In 1964, a night shift was added from 5pm to 10pm. Later that year, new machinery was installed to make better shoes."

Bridgton Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"… Road went across the Thad White Bridge, past York Hill, and on to Poplar Hill. There was a county road that went from Dixfield up to the north side…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… principal architects, Carrere and Hastings of New York for a project in which the Stevens firm served as associate architects."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Louis, and eight shiploads of paving stones for New Orleans. Carrying stone over water was sometimes perilous: stone sloops sank more readily than…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… an office in the Empire State Building in New York City to further market the ever increasing fabric offerings."