Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867

"… I gave in once that it was the handsomist building I ever saw made of wood, although I have examined buildings that cost ten times as much yet the…"

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

"… Main Street, Biddeford, 1909McArthur Public Library At the turn of the century Biddeford was a place of opportunity, of excitement, of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - About us

"… between local schools, historical societies, and public libraries through the exploration and celebration of local history."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"… helped to manage the state’s 175,000 acres of public land. Del was a supervisor of tree forestry for thirty-seven years."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"Welcome X X What do you get when you combine local history, curiosity, and technology with 60 seventh graders and their teachers from Bath…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"… Project Resources From the Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room at the Patten Free Library Books & Manuscripts Baker, William Avery, 1973, “A…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"Welcome What do you get when you combine Bath history, curiosity, and technology with 60 seventh graders and their teachers from Bath Middle School…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"While poor white families received public assistance, Maliseets were denied public assistance until the late 1970s."

Historic Hallowell - In the Beginning - Raw Materials - Quarrying

"… Materials - Quarrying Many of America's finest public monuments were cut from Hallowell granite and sculpted by her artisans Hallowell viewed…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor High School, Abbott Square, 1865

"… Deane (1790-1867) designed the high school building, at right, which was built in 1852 on what was known as the Bruce Lot."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"Drew's Mill, Biddeford, 1909McArthur Public Library Lumber and other goods from the interior came down the river where they were readied for sale…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"1915McArthur Public Library Throughout Maine during these years most of the large manufactures either moved to the South or where floated along…"

Historic Hallowell - The City of Hallowell

"Public Works was spreading sand and salt, clearing trees, and doing whatever they could to make the area safer."

Historic Hallowell - Maine Community Heritage Project

"… between local schools, historical societies, and public libraries through the exploration and celebration of local history."

Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Hallowell Granite

"… Free Library Many of America's finest public monuments were cut from Hallowell granite and sculpted by her artisans, but why stone from the banks…"

Historic Hallowell - City Marshals

"… and digging in street, and one disturbing public meeting . The most difficult issue was keeping an appropriate, proper enforcement of the law…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… illustrations, the detail, and the combination of public and private – how business operated, how communities worked, how families lived."

John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"… the materials were not widely available to the public, although each organization has used some of the text and illustrations in museum exhibits…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"… Universalist Church, Biddeford, 1955McArthur Public Library Small, innovative businesses popped up and created opportunities although mostly away…"

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

"… Department does other minor fund raisers such as public suppers. Now carnivals usually go to Augusta because it is more central and larger, but…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Iron Foundry

"… is very rare that a family became so involved in public affairs like the Fuller family did. The Hallowell Iron works manufactured brass castings…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"These artisans produced some of the finest public monuments and statuary found in America. The 1850s also brought significant political change, and a…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"… a mud hole or run containing just room enough to build the building on and give a space sufficient to hitch and turn horses was vacant on French…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"The ice storm had damaged public utilities, forestry, private property, and industries and the damage amounted to hundreds of millions of dollars."