Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"The boy on the right looks like he needs some cheering up. Over the years, the Agricultural Society has worked to help the Fair evolve and change, to…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"… the craft from their fathers, and many Blue Hill boys went to sea before they were out of their 'teens."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Annie Clough remembered that her father, as a boy, served up the grog at the yard where her grandfather, Asa Clough, Jr., was ship’s carpenter and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"MDI boys’ high school teams were now competing with town schools throughout Hancock County, and every home game was well attended."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 4 of 5

"They would hide behind barrels and throw potatoes at each other. If they got caught they would get in trouble. Once one boy got hit in the eye."

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"… he assisted in running a school for war refugee boys from Great Britain and Europe. Gridley Barrows served in the Pacific during World War II…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"“Boy it’s a bad week for the Jimenez’s,” said Jack while driving his suffering wife to the hospital."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"He felt that the school was badly needed. He drafted legislation to bring the school to fruition. The bill was vetoed by the Governor."

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"… few paragraphs" Nathaniel Bodwell was a drummer boy in the army. He was born in 1800, and died in 1874, in Lincoln, Maine."

L.C. Bates Museum/Good Will-Hinckley

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Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"Stevens rose within seven years from office boy to become Fassett’s junior partner in 1880. That year the young architect opened a branch office of…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Abel J. Morneault Memorial Library

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Bangor Public Library

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Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"The monument is of a “dough boy”. A dough boy is a specially trained soldier who is able to fight one on one with the enemy."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"As one of four boys whose father, grandfathers, several uncles and cousins were all lobstermen, I recall lobster fishing during the period 1949 to…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"A young boy's indenturePrince Memorial Library Apprentices and Servants The Overseers were empowered to bind out, or place into apprenticeship, the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… in the form of a few paragraphs" Hometown Boys Win Tournament, Lincoln, 1938Lincoln Historical Society The history of the railroad in Lincoln…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… shake your light and dainty feet O, you can do it boy! Right well we know you can Let each horse that steps with you then see the glitter of your…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… down the road, in the year 1931, there was a boy named Keith. He lived on a fox farm. “Keith come down and eat your breakfast!” Keith’s mom…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… shovel the streets.” On Tuesday 40 high school boys assisted 100 men. Blizzard, Lubec, January 1934 Lubec Historical Society Every street in…"

McArthur Public Library

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"He came upon a young boy and told him to tell the others to come out or he would send more people to the Maine School for the Feeble Minded."