Maine Memory Network

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… resident, who arrived at McAuley with a two-year old daughter, successfully transitioned out of the program, earned a college degree, and started…"

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"He came to Lincoln when he was 44 years old. He was the oldest of nine kids. His brother’s names were: Samuel, Jonathan, Nicholas, David, and William."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… around 1864, at which time it was occupied by an old grist mill. Mr. Mountford built a new saw and grist mill and increased the water power by…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… many years as a Surry selectman, was ten years old in 1873 when he observed the last ship, the Joshua Grindle, launched there on July 4 with a…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"Pike’s photograph shows the housing for the pump, the flexible hose that extended down into the hold of the sardine carrier, and the exterior part of…"

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

"Years later, Jon Lund announced that the old Cotton Mill site was going to be made into an elderly housing place with fifty-two apartments."

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"Administration transferred from the old Weeks House to the larger Payson house on Deering and State Streets in 1927, with Weeks transforming into a…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Luther Finch, Jr. The Fox family replaced their old building in 1852-53 with a four story brick commercial block that burned in the Great Fire of…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"In 1891 he hired twenty- year-old Harry C. Wilkinson, who quickly demonstrated an extraordinary talent for architectural rendering."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"(Surry tax records, 1878). In the old barn there were nameplates marking the inhabitants of the old stalls: Bessy, MaryAnne, Bossy."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"Another old landmark, “the old watering trough” sat in the square at the North Village, it was made by Charles Harris and maintained by Warren…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… of English and French North America, and all the old hatreds and arguments crossed from the Old World into the New with vicious alacrity."

Cumberland Historical Society

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Penobscot Marine Museum

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"The new hose house had high towers for hanging hose to dry and a large stove to heat. Upstairs in the house there was a room for the meetings to be…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Returning to Mexico in 1865, he bought back his old store at the Corner and revived his trade. Over the years he served as Crier for the Courts…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"1871 North Yarmouth Historical Society Locating the old houses of Cumberland map, by Hope Dilloway, 1989Prince Memorial Library"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"Today, the Brick Inn houses many of the local college students, The present owners, much like the previous owners, have continued to maintain the…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"… moved from its location on Winthrop Street to the old Town Hall building on Second Street where it exists today, making it one of the oldest…"

Historic Hallowell - Our Work and Our Team

"We keep discovering the old and creating the new! 2011 Historic Hallowell Team 7th Grade Students 2011 - Hall-Dale Middle School – KIDS RSU2 Lisa…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3

"… one of Presque Isle’s favorite entertainments for old and young people. Northern Maine FairPresque Isle Historical Society Dorothy, some…"

Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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