Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"… between now and then? I think that there will be some. A lot of the companies are laying people off so I think they better be doing something to…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… the country, though the purse is smaller than some, because of its relaxed, authentic atmosphere."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… Fair is uncertain but appears to have been some time in the late 1800’s. Always a traditional agricultural fair, it was held on the Saturday…"

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"… in the form of a few paragraphs" The 1880s were some of the earliest, and the first recorded dates of Catholicism in Lincoln."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… have not always had adequate heating, in fact, some schools didn’t have heat at all. In Scarborough at 350: Linking the Past to the Present …"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"Although some artists use ink today for certain pictures, we mostly use pens that do not require refilling of ink."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… as standards have been raised, everybody does some classes that are more difficult than what was offered a century ago."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… basketball coaching experience to go along with some Freshmen and Junior Varsity coaching jobs at Falmouth and Belfast."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… were originally from Brewer, Maine and had some relatives in Bangor. Since her parents were both medical missionaries, she moved quite a lot in her…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Some of the surrounding islands are inhabited - 700 Acre was once the summer home of Charles Dana Gibson, creator of the Gibson Girl."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… she founded here, she helped shape the careers of some of the most influential dancers of our time. She was the daughter of an Italian painter and…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… that the land they farmed would eventually become some of the most sought after acreage on the East Coast. 700 Acre Island, Islesboro, ca."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… and early forms of pecked and ground stone axes some of which were found along the lakeshores of the upper Allagash River and from surface…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… Fair is uncertain but appears to have been some time in the late 1800’s. Always a traditional agricultural fair, it was held on the Saturday…"

Prince Memorial Library

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… the great unorganized body of the common people some fine parts, at least, of this sea-side wilderness of Maine?” -- Charles Eliot, Garden & Forest…"

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

"… Memories of a Lifetime written in March of 1902, some of the first guests of Harbor Cottage included artists George Hollingsworth (1813-1882) of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"His family tree can be traced back through some of the first families to ever set foot on Mt. Desert Island and the outlying crops of lands."

Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"Some, like Charles and Benjamin Vaughan, came to advance property interests inherited from Benjamin Hallowell, the Kennebec Proprietor for whom the…"

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"Dear Journal, On Day 5, some crewmen from Bell Atlantic had to go to the hospital to treat their family for carbon monoxide poisoning."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"Back then, they used to make some of their own tools, instead of buying them, just to save money. A typical tool of that time period cost around $10."

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"They had to buy some raw material too, which cost $1,000,000 additionally. With shoes today, they have more style and patterns."