Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Pioneer Club, Presque Isle, ca. 1915

"Parkhurst, George Parsons, H. Forbes. Seated is Rev G. Park. The Presque Isle Pioneer Club was organized in June 1915 by the remaining living…"

Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"In the other three images, the subject is seated in an elaborately carved Gothic Revival chair. Photographers in smaller communities sometimes relied…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"… is especially evident in a tintype of a man seated on a bench on a faux beach with a maritime scene behind him, complete with a sailing vessel and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - State Street Theater

"… State Street Theater was built in 1946 and could seat about 850 people. The Bridgham brothers owned the theater."

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

"… in the 1970s is that the windshields and leather seats would crack and break. This would happen in Aroostook County because of the temperatures…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"Dixfield Today (in 2013) the seat of the town’s government and town affairs resides at the Dixfield Town Office on Main Street."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John and Clara Martin wedding hack, Bangor, 1850

"… the glass lamps on the side of the drivers seat were cut the windows were one pane of clear thick German glass and also the window to the door the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Millerite camp meeting, Orrington, 1844

"… slope of a hill and that there was space to seat "ten thousand" people. He later said there were "ten hundred" people singing hymns."

Northeast Historic Film

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Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"Other seated images include tintypes of Private John Mahoney of Augusta, who served for four years in the 7th Maine and the 1st Veteran Infantry…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"In 1932 the Criterion Theatre, with more than 700 seats, opened in Bar Harbor. Depression, War, and Fire"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater

"The 900 plus seat theater was named after John R Braden, a famous local harness horse owned by the Mooseleuk Club."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"… room on the first floor which is now part of the seating area in the Tea Room. Kids on the steps of Clevie Trask's home, Swan's Island, ca."

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

"You would have to call in advance to reserve a seat. They served pasta and other good Italian food. Hartt’s Restaurant “served the best pizza you…"

Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"… to expand the number of school committee seats from three to five. This request was granted and in the 1974 town report lists five Directors of…"

Early Maine Photography - Art

"… a portrait placed before the camera on a cane seated chair. The unframed portrait shows a man in formal clothing writing with a quill pen."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"This rare glass stereo view shows Abner Lowell seated atop Mount Washington at the center of a group of visitors to the summit."

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"… that his wife has died, while the son, seated center right, receives the attention of his two sisters. James Fowler family, Unity, ca."

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"Carleton shows twenty-nine club members seated or standing in rows. The other image is a whole plate daguerreotype by George M."

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"The Cross Center has seating there for about 7,300 people including floor seating. The people of Bangor and the entire state may look forward to many…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"… whiffle-trees, snowshoes and perforated chair seats. It was later converted to a long lumber mill."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"… whiffle–trees, snowshoes and perforated chair seats. Then it was a lumber mill. This company also had its own store called the Veneer Hall which…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… do with wooden crates and boxes using them as seats, tables, and shelves for storing foodstuffs, cooking utensils, basketmaking tools, and other…"