Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"He was released from St. Pelagie in 1830, an old man who now knew the prison as his home. After three days of freedom, Swan set out to turn himself…"

Sanford-Springvale Historical Society

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Abbot Historical Society

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Islesboro Historical Society

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

"Scarborough Town hall X Bibliography Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… as many pictures as I could of churches, and City Hall, and the Fire Station. I thought those would be fun to look back on."

Penobscot Marine Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"It was said that a hot time in the old town was had that night. East Dixfield’s history has been long-forgotten by most until recent years with the…"

Swan's Island Historical Society

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

"Centennial, Knights of Pythias Hall, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society Behind the Pythias Hall stood the two-story gabled structure which long…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Rumford Area Historical Society

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

"(Whipple 9) Norumbega Hall ruins, Bangor Fire, 1911 Bangor Public Library The fire spread northward through downtown, destroying Norumbega Hall…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"… graduates included Ruth Attean, a Penobscot from Old Town. In the early years, the training program accepted male students, who included Edmund…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"Carriage Museum Exhibition Hall Photo by Pamela C. Ames X Fulfilling the Dream and Protecting Open Space: 1999 – present After Ken Sowles’ death…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… without a team, the Southwest boys played in a hall in Manset until 1938 when the new Pemetic High opened."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… Maine State Legislature granted a charter to the Old Town Railway Company owned by Edward and Samule Smith and Rufus Dwinel in 1832."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"The exhibit halls are a big part of the Blue Hill Fair for everyone young and old alike. Blue Hill Fair, 1937Blue Hill Public Library In…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… dining room in the basement, theater and dance hall on the ground floor, balcony and dressing rooms on the second floor, and the IOOF Lodge on the…"

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

"Anderson, Levi Morrill and George Hall, in Cumberland; and Gardiner Leighton, Fred Merrill, J. F. Mountford, Nathaniel Shurtleff, Harry Dolloff and…"

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

"Ansley Hall, a fellow investigator, provided a wonderful description of the skilled work: “The cutter takes several fish in the left hand at once…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… Road, at the high school graduation in the Town Hall. He continued to play at the high school for over fifty years, accompanied by pianist Addie…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"The first dry cleaner in town was owned by Mr. Zeltin. Georgia Tracey’s dry goods store sold clothing, fabric, stockings, and more."