Maine Memory Network

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"At the April 1816 meeting it was voted to build a school and school wards were chosen to decide the location."

Bangor Public Library

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"2017. "Temperance movement." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 7 May. 2017…"

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

"… a truck chassis would enter on one side of the building and progress through different production stations (welding, wood, machine, and paint…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"The original building was renovated and renamed the Prince Room, and is now used as a community meeting space."

Abel J. Morneault Memorial Library

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"Cohen School. Images are from the Bangor Historical Society. Who was Shep Hurd? Shep Hurd was born in Liberty, Maine."

Lisbon Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… the Boston & Maine Railroad was forced to build its own extension from South Berwick to Portland. This extension opened in 1873."

Lincoln Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 2 of 4

"… as a wasteland, an inexpensive place to fill and build. Reportedly the marsh was even proposed as a possible site for the town dump."

South Portland Historical Society

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Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Architecture & Landscape database - Biographies

"Biographies This site includes select biographies (listed at left) for database-represented architects and firms."

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Overview

"Database Overview An ever-growing resource documenting Maine’s built and designed environment, this database includes architecture and landscape…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Collections

"Database Collections Below is a listing of collections currently represented in the Maine Architecture & Landscape Design Database, organized by…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"Lost Gardens of Eden “Paradise Lost, Paradise Found: the landscape of Mount Desert Island” by Patrick Chassé."

Architecture & Landscape database - Search the Database

"Search the Database The Maine Architecture & Landscape Database organizes and searches for items at the commission (project) level."

Architecture & Landscape database - Plans for the Dwelling House Jos. Briggs, Winthrop, 1884

"Plans for the Dwelling House Jos. Briggs, Winthrop, 1884 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture commission for…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Tower shopping complex, Bangor, ca. 1975

"Tower shopping complex, Bangor, ca. 1975 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture commission for Development…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Study for the LDM Sweat Memorial Art Museum, Portland, ca. 1911

"Study for the LDM Sweat Memorial Art Museum, Portland, ca. 1911 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Architecture…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"… ways: Literally – in its accurate rendering of buildings and landscape features, a view that encompasses busy harbor and prosperous village…"

Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"… all the richness and romance of the Italian school." The Portland Transcript reported on November 13, 1852, that Carleton had added a new feature…"

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"That year he began public school teaching, which was interrupted by service in the U.S. Army during World War II."