Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Businesses

"… Businesses Businesses large and small have contributed to the growth Presque Isle."

Historic Clothing Collection - Men's Wear

"… Show This slide show features examples from the small men’s wear collection at Maine Historical Society, military uniforms notwithstanding."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 1 of 6

"… island while always enhancing the beauty of his small corner of the Island: Asticou. Whether it be through the lens of his camera while walking on…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lower Main Street looking north, Lincoln, ca. 1948

"On the right is Milt Knight's Variety Store. The small building is the Shanty Restaurant with Sadie's Lunch next to it."

Historic Clothing Collection - Organizational Uniforms

"This image gallery offers examples from this small, yet hopefully growing, sub-sect of the collection."

Historic Clothing Collection - Organizational Uniforms

"This image gallery offers examples from this small, yet hopefully growing, sub-sect of the collection."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 4 of 4

"1960Maine Historical Society The collection's small group of late 1950s dressy garments include a raspberry pink rayon taffeta cocktail dress with…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 5, pages 77-96

"His own small store was robbed three times, which contributed to its demise.   Part 5, pages 77-96 People and topic mentioned include: Lincoln…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 108-128

"Small R. W. Rollins Wheelwright & Clark Cornet Band James Dunning Dr. L. B. Morrison Augusta rally"

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

"He grew about 40 acres in potatoes on a small family farm. Like most small farmers in the area at that time, he did not stay in the potato business."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"… financially comfortable genteel members of its small and scattered communities kept abreast of fashion."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 2 of 4

"… sleeves (wide at the wrist), attached pelerine (small cape) trimmed with wide silk fringe, and a front closure with ten small circular metal…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 3 of 5

"… as a deed that came late in Warrabitta’s life, at Small Point, in Casco Bay, in which “Blind Joan” appeared along with “Great Agumagus” or Moxus, a…"

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

"Scarborough is no longer the small town it was in the mid-1900s; it is one of the fastest growing communities in Maine."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economy on Mt. Desert Island

"Small family run businesses and other self-employed families were able to weather the troubled times with mininal, if any, losses."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"… neatly in labeled jars, miniature envelopes, and small bags. When her second husband, Russell Douglass, tilled the land, he too found many buttons…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading ice, Presque Isle Stream, 1946

"Cement blocks were manufactured in the small building on the left. Joe Gagnon purchased the ice operation from Cecil McCready in 1946 and ran the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 7 of 17

"… Mill in Biddeford was the life blood for the small city during the 1800’s and early 1900’s as the textile industry in Maine thrived."

Lubec Historical Society

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

"Small. POSTOFFICES First Island PostmistressSwan's Island Historical Society For some fifty years after the settlement of this town there was…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gate no 2 design, Bangor, 1867

"… of each side of the gate would be "filled with small round cedar crooks and straight poles as convenience may occur and hung on iron grudgeons set…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin dream house, Bangor, 1866

"… if he had "two thousand dollars in money and a small portion of time each growing season for ten years." The site he chose for his ideal house was…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ladies Blush apple, Bangor, 1889

"… "Our next favorite tree was the Ladies blush a small red & green apple a prolific bearer & resembled the snow or Famouse apple this tree bore every…"

Skowhegan Community History - Lakewood Theater

"… Somerset Traction Company of Skowhegan created a small amusement park on the little lake called Lake Wesserunsett in Lakewood Grove."