Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"As a boy he worked for Major John Quincy Adams Hawes, a retired Army surgeon who operated a pharmacy in downtown Hallowell."

Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"A young boy named Virgil White was caught in the cyclone and badly injured. Both of his legs were broken as well as his right ankle and collar bone."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Circus swing, Boston, 1853

"… jumped down from figure 1 and come astride of the boys leg at 2 say 7 feet the boy at 2 sustaining him without breaking his leg." View additional…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"In their uncle’s backyard there was an apple tree, with one apple on it. He told the boys not to pick that apple, “or we’d get our butts kicked.”…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 1 of 3

"Each night, the boys in the family would take turns cooking dinner. Jeremiah would usually make meatloaf or baked potatoes."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"That was a sad day for us boys because you used to hitch your sleds to the ice wagons when they made the run up the hill empty, you know, after they…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Some of the schools were even labeled as unfit for children due to cold and harsh conditions. Bathrooms, or "privies," were found outside of…"

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

""Tiger Returns Victorious as Hallowell Boys Take Prize for Best Uniforms." The Kennebec Journal [augusta] 1937. Laberge, Mike."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"That was a sad day for us boys because you used to hitch your sleds to the ice wagons when they made the run up the hill empty, you know, after they…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 2 of 3

"The Presque Isle boys were named the Indians, but Dorothy cheered for the boys from Robinson. She liked the boys from there."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 1 of 2

"… he worked at the JJ Newberry Company as a stock boy and cleaner. He also worked for his father by cutting down trees and making pulp."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 1 of 3

"I started working as a clean-up boy part time. My other job I worked was as a dairy boy. I would go to work at four in the morning for the dairy farm."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store interior, Bangor, 1862

"… businesses in Hampden and Bangor since he was a boy. He obtained funds from Edwin B. Patten to stock the store, essentially selling items on…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life

"There were four boys and two girls. They picked potatoes in the end of September and early October. They picked strawberries in early June."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 2 of 2

"In Oxbow, the farm owners also had two boys Albert’s age. When Albert went there, he would always play with them and their horses."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"… Pinkham, Down East Books, 2009 Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine, Thomas Desjardin, Oxford University Press, 1995 Civil War Regiments from Maine…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's cart, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… a cart tongue such as are in general use for boy and baby carriages now I made a perfect cart with stake rings side boards Snibells to lip up and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"… Sharpshooter, and Newel Nicola and Horace Francis the Penobscot Boy. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"… on to public, parochial or private high schools--boys and girls. Many went off to college. The philanthropic spirit in Biddeford was to thank for…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Sports

"… the 1950s were all about the Brooklyn Dodger's "boys of summer" the late 1970s and early 1980s on Swan's Island were the "golden years" for the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943

"… include: "Helen Jordan (Clay)'s three boys" "Fran & Edward on left-hand standards" "Willburn Haskell in (illegible)" "Mary Burke (nurse &…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"He decided to fight along side grown men, as well as his father, Thomas S. Libby, in the Civil War. This proves he is brave because not many boys…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Mono Aircraft Company, Presque Isle, 1935

"Linn was a native of Washburn. The boy standing by the front wheel is six-year-old Gary M. Boone of Presque Isle."

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"Their only child was a boy named Orrin Horton who was born on June 20, 1863 in Somerville, MA. Orrin grew up in Blue Hill and became a builder."