Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"And on this side was some old post office boxes. And you had your numbers, you know, to get your mail out."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"… passed away in 1922, when Andrew was 65 years old. A year later he married Cora E. Staples (1858-1942), widow of Frederick Stockbridge."

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"These men were to get to Quebec by following the Kennebec river upstream. Someone informed George Washington that the only way to travel on the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"Many of the old ties have been broken as the generation that remembers "the old days" passes on. The island is not the same now as it was twenty…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"The men who built the ships were paid only for the days that they worked. If one of the men needed a rowboat to go to his home at Morgan's Bay or…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"… already had experience working for several men, and began work for O.H. Hinkley, who operated a tavern and bar that served the stage coach…"

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"The fire men were off at a muster when a fire started in a building. The women of the town hauled out the Tiger and used it to put out the fire…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"… an enlarged social environment for women and for men. Way Back Ball, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1945Great Harbor Maritime Museum Neighborhood…"

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place ~ Once Again

"To those that remain, the very few of the great number she has sent out, I say you have a dear old town left to you, filled to the brim with memories…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… shut down and all island students attended the old Harbor school. A new school was built in 1954, at the site of the current town office."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell House

"Men of enterprise and capital formed the Hallowell House Company to finance the project. The hotel hosted legislators and famous visitors: Phillips…"

Historic Hallowell - The "World of Mirth" Carnival in Hallowell

"… carnival included freak shows, kerosene covered men being lit on fire, and other old-fashioned, carnival rides such as a carousel and ferris wheel."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"More G-men were on the other side of the street, in cars, and on the sidewalks in case a dispute broke out."

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… of exhibit the stern bearded features of men experienced in commanding sailing vessels. In contrast is the elegant appearance of Portland artists…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The Stearns Lumber Company in East Hampden employed many Hampden men. From its modest beginnings in Brewer in 1836, the Stearns mill became one of…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"… century, fought in the Revolution as young men, and lived for more than a century – long enough to be photographed in old age."

Historic Hallowell - City Marshals

"Webber, Sr., an individual partner One of the men in this picture was City Marshal, Edward W. Maddox."

Historic Hallowell - Industry on the Bombahook Citations

"Leading Business Men Of Lewiston, Augusta Vicinity. Boston: Mercantile, 1889 Nason, Emma H and Sam Webber. Old Hallowell on the Kennebec."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell History Bibliography

"Liberty Men and Great Proprietors. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1990. "A Bay State Exodus" Page 62 Wormser, Baron."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"The men showed the animals, while the women showed off their handiwork. The Court House was used for the ladies reception and exhibition of foods…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early Shipbuilders - 1780s

"… was incorporated in 1777, several enterprising men had started businesses in the “Crick Village” section, a cluster of buildings centered on Mill…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"… witnessed in all my day. I had read and heard of men going above the clouds, I now had the reality before me and I made a vow that from that day…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… September 1930 and had approximately 120 college men from all parts of the country.(1) At the time it was said that Portland would be ready to take…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… not have the right to vote at that time, so the men conducted the meetings and were elected to all offices."