Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor post Civil War parade, 1865

"Boy at Bangor post Civil War parade, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin…"

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"Josh Shaw "What if the post office never existed?" The postal service refers to the post offices and mailing."

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856

"Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description The Lincoln Post Office was in the Plumly…"

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"Post-Mortem & Mourning Post Mortem & Mourning Slideshow Click on image to view slideshow In pre-Civil war Maine, death was a frequent…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"G.A.R. Post No. 134, Strong, ca. 1890Strong Historical Society Edmund B. Clayton was from the town of Farmington."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

""Civil War Alphabetic List of American Battles." American Civil War History Timelines Battle Map Pictures. 13 Apr."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 17 of 17

"… who scarified their lives for the war. An article posted on January 6th, 1866 by the Union and Journal said, “It is true that there is a skeleton…"

Acadian Archives

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Colby College Special Collections

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… were expected to abide by the following rules posted in the residence area, which included: “Washing clothes in the bathtubs is not allowed."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"… anesthesia by drop method; giving nursing care, post-op, for two or three weeks.” In the 1890s the organizations that became the American Nurses…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"Hampden Highlands Post Office, ca. 1908Hampden Historical Society Hampden has been described as “perhaps, the most famous of the old towns of the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"picnic, Strong, ca. 1895 Members of Post 134 of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Maine, held annual field days and occasional picnics…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"… around a table or out in the hall and sang old war songs, talked about war experiences, and swapped accounts of their deeds."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"The Buxton enterprises included an early post office, cooperage, and blacksmith shop. Samuel B. Chase built a brick Federal style house in 1831 that…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3

"… 7th and 8th graders have researched Strong's post-Civil War life and the story of Fly Rod Crosby, Maine's first registered Maine Guide."

Lincoln, Maine - High Street Bridge, Lincoln, ca. 1903

"… on the right is the Plumly Building, home of the Post Office in Lincoln. The home in the center belonged to Ira Fish. His large barn is also shown."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"… of Pythias The Knights of Pythias was another post-Civil War fraternal organization and secret society founded at Washington, DC, in 1864."

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… of cordiality.” With this change, the Ellsworth post office was in Surry and the Surry post office was six miles away."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"… group traveled beyond the the Soviet Union and post-collapse Russia, visiting Canada, France and Japan."

John Martin: Expert Observer - George Melvin Weston, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… of a series of illustrations and narrative about post Civil War Democrats in Bangor, John Martin drew this illustration of George Melvin Weston."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… saved, but the town’s records and letters in the post office were saved without any damage to them at all."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"The town records and letters in the post office connected to the store were all saved without injury."