Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Grant Memorial United Methodist Church

"… Street, the present site of Craig Green’s New York Life. The old church, formally known as the Methodist Church, was built in 1908; the church was…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"& Mrs. Ernest Stillman of New York. As the Stillman family grew in numbers, Clover Cottage saw the addition of more upstairs bedrooms and a new…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Phair House, the Bellstead and the Social Security Building

"He was born in New York in 1850. In 1856, Phair and his mother moved to Presque Isle. He built his house in Presque Isle in the 1890s on the corner…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 2 of 4

"… found among a group of garments by important New York designer, Jessie Franklin Turner. Of high style and high quality, they count among the most…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"He was a stock holder that worked in New York and he took a shine to my father. It was 1929- sometime in the summer- and he said to my father, “I…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Martin swing, Center Street, Bangor, 1864

"… "we have had gent & Ladies swing in it from New York Indianna Massachusets & many other states & all the children in the neighbourhood have had…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 3 of 3

"In prosperous post-war America, New York, and California became centers of a successful and growing fashion industry mass-producing an abundance of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"… a more direct route to markets in Boston and New York. The demand for Maine potatoes and starch changed the economy from the pioneering days when…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Square shouldered cape and suit ensemble, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"… in Iowa, Lucile lived in Tokyo, London, and New York before settling in New Jersey. An author, she traveled and lectured extensively on East Asia."

Life on a Tidal River - Resources

"New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. Olian, Joanne (Ed). Everyday Fashions of the Forties. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1992. Print."

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

"As reported in The New York Times: “In a thick fog the Eastern Steamboat Company’s steamer Cumberland and the United Fruit Company’s steamer Admiral…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"He became a member of the New York assembly and then was elected to the United States Senate, resigning in 1796 to become United States Minister to…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 2 of 3

"A label inside the waist reads "Bonwit Teller New York Trainer-Norell." Norman Norell was an important American designer famous for his elegant and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 4, pages 57-76

"… Martin Northern secessionists Plot to burn New York Glassblowers exhibition Fort Sumter Capture of Richmond, Petersburg Lee's surrender Bangor…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 4 of 4

"… collar, and a statement single button front closure. One of its inside labels reads "Ben Zuckerman New York" and the other, "Lord and Taylor.""

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"of New York opened the Baird’s Quarry in Minturn in 1901. It was one of 2 major commercial quarries on the island; the Toothacher Cove Quarry being…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… 1870, the winter weather in Massachusetts and New York was warm, so they bought their ice from Maine."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… 1870, the winter weather in Massachusetts and New York was warm, so they bought their ice from Maine."

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…"

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 Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"Because of the warm winter, Massachusetts and New York had to buy their ice from Maine. The ice cutting industries in Hallowell Maine were used to…"

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."

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."