Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"Miss Coombs, the teacher is in the back row on the right. Guilford High School - Centennial - 1916Guilford Historical Society By 1916 Guilford…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… and Yarmouth, A History: 1636-1936, William Rowe observed that “In early New England the history of the church is the history of the community.”…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"Before motors were made the Maine guides had to row wooden boats and canoes a lot around the local ponds and lakes."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… is buried the Cross Road Cemetery in Surry in a row of Treworgy children who all died before their time."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work

"Carl Rowe seining in a weir, Swan's Island ca. 1930Swan's Island Historical Society From 1874 until 1889 Swan’s Island fishing boats took first or…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"When the river was high and swift, they would be rowed across by boat. In 1894, George W. Ridlon arrived in Mexico."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… set, there were reserved chairs in the front rows covered by an awning, and the remaining seating consisted of settees, for the common folk…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… & Museum The first King’s Highway had two rows of cartwheel ruts with a footpath in the middle."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"They won 48 games in a row from 1975 – 1978. They were Western Maine champs for four years (1973, 1974, 1976, 1977), State Champs for three years…"

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"William S. Cohen, back row, 4th from the left, as a member of the Athletic Council in 1955. Taken from the 1955 Echoes of the Year, GSJH yearbook."

St. Croix Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"Lillian is shown on the settee in the front row with her then-husband, George Young. And the little man standing directly behind Madame Nordica was…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Southern islanders rowed to Lincolnville, borrowed a team and drove to Camden for a doctor. Northern islanders rowed to Castine for medical help."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… throughout Washington County, many living in rows of company houses built by factory owners. Men gathered the herring from weirs, transported them…"

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

"North Yarmouth [i]Gazettes[i] Rowe, William Hutchinson. [b]Ancient North Yarmouth and Yarmouth, Maine, 1636-1936.[b] Yarmouth, Maine, 1937."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… Model School Teacher: Miss Johnson First Row Student: Cecil LuceFarmington Historical Society Students and Teachers at Farmington Model…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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