Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - White cotton dress with gigot sleeves, Portland, ca. 1828 - Page 1 of 2

"… hand sewn, with its scalloped edges attached as a separate piece. A light pink drawstring ribbon serves as the enclosure."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"Joseph's--was established in 1870. The last Catholic church would be St. Andre's, established by a separate faction of French-Canadians in 1900."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Permanent Settlement

"They arrived separately in Chebacco boats in the summer of 1761 and settled along the Sound. Somes built a log cabin along the shore in what is now…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 4 of 4

"Some were separate items such as half cage crinolines, tied on at the waist, while others were fixed to the skirt."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm Poem

"… as their heavy limbs gave way to crack and separate, in turn crushing stiff utility lines and littering the street in disarray."

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 1 of 3

"… create and erase identities, unify and separate people, and both celebrate and oppress cultures."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"In May of 1795, the Town of Eden separated from Mt. Desert, giving the Island two towns. By 1800, many people were living on the Island, and many of…"

Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections

"… Collection is standalone collection featured as a separate section of this site. The latter two categories are described here, under a cumulative…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 13 of 13

"Workers make sure the potatoes and rocks are separated. A conveyors dumps the potatoes directly into a bulk body truck No more barrels, no more…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"This was a controversial issue, as separate post offices were one of the last remaining elements of separate village life."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"Their farms were widely separated, and they struggled for existence in the face of primitive hardships."

Leeds Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… still stand today in 2013 and remain in use in separate locations. One portion, the Old Ell, remains in the ownership of Savage descendants."

Westport Island History Committee

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"Southgate Mansion, Scarborough, ca. 1900Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Per family tradition, Dr."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… in census numbers to 3600 in 1860, due to the separation of South Thomaston and Rockland in 1848, the population leveled off and remained at 3,000…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"… by the residents of the beach neighborhoods to separate themselves from the rest of the city further fueled this sense of anger, animosity, and…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"While the idea of a separate colony quickly lost favor and was rejected by March of 1730, the Privy Council determined that political control of the…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"A few years later in 1820 Maine separated from Massachusetts to become a state and agreed to continue the Treaty obligations set in the 1794 treaty…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 4 of 4

"… district brings Cumberland and North Yarmouth, separated in 1821, together again. Eliphalet GreelyCumberland Historical Society The history…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"Our Shared History Separate yet Similar Riverside Farm, North YarmouthNorth Yarmouth Historical Society Agricultural Roots By the midpoint in…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… 1954Swan's Island Historical Society The separation between islanders decreased further when the three schools consolidated into one in 1951."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… Town, Many: Ancient North Yarmouth We are now two separate towns, but more than three hundred years ago, North Yarmouth and Cumberland, together…"

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… the effects of industrialization included the separation of families, causing poverty and homelessness for young women, Mary Merrick Flagg and Mrs…"