Maine Memory Network

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

"… States was November 1895 in Chicago; in nearby Old Orchard Beach, competitive auto racing on the beach began probably as early as 1903.(2) The…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… Stratton and Bluff Islands would often go toward Old Orchard Pier. However, they would not fish any of the islands found at the Saco River…"

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2

"… Historical Society Rarity makes examples of old work clothes, and what they tell us, among the most valued objects in a collection."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… was born at 55 Front Street, his father's home, and died on December 29, 1926 at his home on 1135 Washington Street due to a life-threatening…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"Before 1852 , King's home was at the site of the Customs House. When William King died in 1852, his home was moved to Vine Street where it became a…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… knew that area of Stratton Island as the old wreck. This name was added to others around the island such as clam cove, ringbolt, and barn run…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… Point, the traveler would proceed on the beach to Old Orchard. For more than one hundred years, the King’s Highway was the only land route between…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"… but they remained as essentially separate entities. An old record book of Scarborough has no entry until 1669, eleven years after incorporation."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"Bath was home to many theaters that came and went as the city and its residents changed. These included the Music Hall, Uptown Theater, Columbia…"

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)."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"From 1953-1955, it was home to Fullerton’s Radio. From 1955-1972, Bradford P. Belanger owned a Variety Shop."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"He died in his home on November 1st, 1908, with a sudden case of pneumonia. The Bath Bank was important to the history of Bath because it was the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"… for all the citizens in Bath that want them to be their bank. They allow people to have loans to buy homes to live in and to support the economy."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"Another person from Bath who wrote letters to home was William H. Fog. In one of his letters he talks about how he was taken prisoner and sent to a…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"The intersection is now home to a large credit union chain building, a large apartment complex (Washington House) and one of Bath's few traffic…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… plus a 14-foot triangular affair like a giant old time rural dinner bell were used sequentially."

Early Maine Photography - War

"When Ralph Farnham of Acton was eighteen years old, he fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill and lived to be its sole survivor, dying at 105 in 1860."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"… building, seen on the left below, was 56 years old. Chartered in 1822, the Lodge met in member Elijah Stearns’ Maine Hotel until 1839."

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… three of whom would live.* Including nine-year-old Miriam Kelley, sometimes known as Mimi (pronounced MIH-mee), the last living survivor who tells…"

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

"No doubt the old ones at that time were worn out from hard use and being outdoors in all sorts of weather."

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)."

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… would have been 60 in 1911, assuming a 14 year old fighting in 1865. Probably most in the carriages were 70 and older."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"… a century – long enough to be photographed in old age. Legend often states Conrad Heyer was the first white child born in the German immigrant…"

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…"