Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"… but were still used in the same way as the old desks and tables. However, in the 1960s, round tables became common to encourage students to work…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… of Lubec Municipal Building on site of the old Hilltop School 1980s • Growth of salmon aquaculture, sea urchin, scallop, lobster fisheries • New…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… operated twelve miles of track between Bangor and Old Town beginning in 1836. Years later, this company would be sold."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… Gilman says, “ the factories went back to the old method of making and sealing cans” all by hand (p. 73)."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"They only had abacuses (old-fashioned calculators), stereoscopes (a hand-held viewing instrument that created three-dimensional images of landscapes…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… Woman (1918), John van den Broeck, a 23-year-old Dutch cinematographer, slipped and fell from a cliff to his death at Schooner Head."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"The second fatality was John Scribner, a 70 year old cobbler, who was killed at the corner of Exchange and State Streets when a wall from the…"

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

"All of the equipment was donated and Dr. Haigis trained the personnel. Scarborough was the first town in Maine to have a rescue service, and later…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"Note the old grandstands and judges’ stand in the background. These were destroyed by arson in the 1940s."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… hope that they will take millions of dollars from old Passamaquoddy Bay – and we believe they will! With quantities of gold in the salt water there…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… the Clement family in Seal Harbor rebuilt their old homestead into the Seaside Inn. At Asticou, Chase Savage, who in 1870 had begun taking summer…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… part of the Blue Hill Fair for everyone young and old alike. Blue Hill Fair, 1937Blue Hill Public Library In Charlotte’s Web, E.B."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… Scarboro station was located near the junction of Old Blue Point and Portland Street (Milliken Mills Road)."

St. Croix Historical Society

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

"In the tunnel were reportedly old clothes and other items which may have been used to disguise the slaves as they made their way to Canada."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"She was 65 years old and is buried in Bangor. Mary was an astounding icon. Her life may have past, but her mark on this world remains."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The trip from Old Town to Fort Kent would take five weeks round trip. Gould’s brother, Walter, decided to sell his business while business was strong…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"He is currently 70 years old and living in Bangor at 47 West Broadway. Stephen King became famous by publishing many books, and, soon after, many of…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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