Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"… common themes were information about ships in harbor, what the longshoremen were working on, and notable large fish that were caught."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"… Navy Airship Shenandoah, which took them from Bar Harbor to Passamaquoddy Bay, to Mt. Katahdin, Moosehead Lake, Rangley Lake, as well as various…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… Northeast Harbor Maine January 1928Northeast Harbor Library Harbor Cottage, a two-story New Englander styled house with an ell on the South side…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… do some people on the island.” She grew up in the Harbor village, and saw the daily stream of people gather at the steamboat wharf to collect the…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"Bar Harbor was called Eden for 1796 to 1918, and the last fifty years of that period was in many ways a “Golden Age” of architectural and garden…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… hauled into the Casco Bay, and sank in the harbor as protection of enemy subs. The Governor King was recruited during the Centennial of Statehood…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… of the Saco River and Union forts at Portland Harbor. There is Biddeford granite in the Lincoln monument in Springfield, Illinois and the…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… present Grange Hall and then, of course, the Bar Harbor fires in 1947 resulted in deep concern on the part of the Surry citizens whose community…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… Fruit Company steamer Admiral Farragut in Boston Harbor. As reported in The New York Times: “In a thick fog the Eastern Steamboat Company’s steamer…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… the Bluff, and Ryder’s Cove/Sabbathday Harbor; Mid-Island, consisting of Guinea, Hewes Point and Mill Creek; and Down Island, or Dark Harbor. The…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"The abundance of timber, good harbors and a demand for sailing vessels resulted in the development of the shipbuilding industry, which reached its…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"1972, Greater Portland Landmarks History of Cumberland County, Maine. 1880 US Census Data North Yarmouth Timeline by Elizabeth Singer Maule The Story…"

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

"… newspaper, the fire was plainly visible at Bar Harbor almost 50 miles away. (Big Fire 2) Public Library catches fire, Bangor, 1911Bangor…"

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

"Bucksport and Bangor Bar Harbor train leaving Bangor, ca. 1900Bangor Public Library This was a short line chartered March 1, 1870 to run 18.8…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"The British seized ships in the harbor and burned eight. Selectmen Patten and Bradbury, fearing that the British would burn their village, negotiated…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… most of the year in New York and summers in Bar Harbor. He was also an avid supporter of the Ku Klux Klan."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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