Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"… of Confirmation was held to a class of 30 school children at the same time. The huge population of Catholics, due to Father Reilly, was proof that…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… to create a single complex – Lubec Consolidated School 1977 • Construction of Lubec Municipal Building on site of the old Hilltop School 1980s •…"

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

"… good schools and the right place to raise their children. Putting Together First Issue of Weekly Packet, December 1, 1960Blue Hill Historical…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… reindeer, an Eskimo family, arts and crafts from children around the world, youth representing Youth for Christ International, and a Yule Log pit."

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… on Independence Day, “to be formed at junction of School, Main and Church Sts.” according to the official program."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"Among them, close to where School Street came down to meet Water Street a bit left of the center of the photograph, was the smokehouse operated at…"

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

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

Historic Clothing Collection - Organizational Uniforms

"… workaday; athletic-style sports team uniforms and school jackets; or uniforms associated with national organizations like the Red Cross."

Historic Clothing Collection - Organizational Uniforms

"… workaday; athletic-style sports team uniforms and school jackets; or uniforms associated with national organizations like the Red Cross."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"This was not a process people went to school to learn about or read a book on how to do. Rather, they learned from their fathers, mothers, aunts and…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Lubec’s small but highly skilled school band provided music while the Navy destroyer John Paul Jones was anchored in the harbor."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"He went on to become a respected school teacher in the Philippines where he authored a history of the Islands."

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

"… be employed in any lawful work or labour..." Male children could be bound out until they turned 21; female children until they turned 18 or were…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 2 of 3

"… living on the island and many included the children and grand-children of James Carter. Other early surnames on the island were Chatto, Fogg, Cain…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… in Gray on January 26, 1840, the third of six children and the second son born to Nathaniel Sawtelle Lawrence and Mary Ann Harris Lawrence."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"The 1962 addition was built to house a children's room, a youth room, a lobby and a lecture hall. Mildred C."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"The Strathglass residence children attended Chisholm School (the former high school). Those living in the Virginia section of town had the Virginia…"

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"Nathaniel Bodwell had 8 children: Lovina, born Sep. 28, 1824; Nancy Jane, born Jan. 15,1826; Nathaniel Jr., born Mar."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"Ridlonville was a good place to live and raise children. Children were safe to play anywhere, sliding down the streets in winter, exploring the…"

South Bristol Historical Society

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Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"… Massachusetts in the year 1768, one of seven children born to Jonathan and Katherine Avery Fisher."

Blue Hill, Maine - Looking for the Lost Cemetery

"lost 4 children under age 10. In the oldest known cemetery in Blue Hill The Old Cemetery of 1794, the oldest headstone is Mrs."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"Schools were kept open as long as funds allowed, usually about eight weeks in spring and eight in winter -- four months in all."