Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"The track from Dunstan to Old Orchard Beach opened the following year on 4 July 1903. The popular tourist spot was finally connected to Portland and…"

Freeport Historical Society

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"It first opened in the Freeman House on Pool Street in 1906. A large, modern brick building was constructed on Elm Street and opened in 1911."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Historical Society

"… totally by dedicated volunteers, the museum is open Tuesday mornings from 9:00 AM to noon and by appointment all year round."

Pittsfield Historical Society

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

"This school, which opened on 8 April 1930, was the first in the nation to offer a campus-like flying school."

Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… and illustrated that iron works that first opened in Maine in the 1840s -- and that closed in 1890."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"The second floor has a stage, a large open floor, and a concession area that still holds a metal trough for icing drinks."

Monmouth Museum

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

"The Park Theatre opened in Southwest in 1919, and soon, even Somesville was showing movies Thursday evenings at the Masonic Hall."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"… the hospitable doors of the Clark house stood open to welcome all newcomers to this locality. Emma Huntington Nason, Old Hallowell on the…"

Milbridge Historical Society

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West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"Next, in Southwest Harbor, Henry Clark opened Island House (1850) quickly followed by Margaret & James Freeman’s Freeman House (1851)."

Portland Public Library

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Margaret Chase Smith Library

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"… a long day for a store owner who kept the doors open all day and then would keep the finances and plan to restock the shelves after hours."

Bridgton Historical Society

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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…"

Windham Historical Society

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Acton-Shapleigh Historical Society

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Lincoln Historical Society

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Bangor Historical Society

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