Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"Johnson House, Summer Street, Hallowell, 1968Hubbard Free Library The people behind one of the leading factories in Hallowell were twin brothers…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"However, most lobsters are caught in late summer and fall when they migrate closer to shore areas to molt."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… him a barn one year and a house the following summer, where he and his bride, Eunice Knight, whom he married in 1830, settled down to raise a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"It has provided a venue for concerts, summer theater, town meetings, and dances. Moving pictures were shown on Friday nights. St."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… on the porch of his cottage at the popular summer resort of Nahant, Massachusetts. By the time the Philadelphia photographer Frederick Langenheim…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… Columbian Hotel on Front Street between Elm and Summer Streets. In short order, Galen Moses replaced those buildings with the Columbia Theatre and…"

Bangor Public Library

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… the Normal School in Farmington was made in the summer of 1863, its actual establishment was postponed until the fall of 1864 due to a lack of…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… that it “will mark a new era in the history of summer vaudeville entertainment.” This noble attempt to revive the park, however, was destined to…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"Winter or Summer you can always enjoy the view. The covered bridge was built for the first time in 1830."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"Summer residents of Pine Point objected to crossing the double tracks, so the station was moved. Men and heavy equipment arrived about 9:00 A.M."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… made the first clearing in the forest during the summer of 1794, cutting trees for burning and for building, while his family remained in Falmouth."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… Society The tissue mill remained idle during the summer months, and then another milestone in the history of the Lincoln mills occurred: Premoid…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"87). Judging from the teenagers and children in the group portrait, families must have been among the employees staying in the housing."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Yet its greatest hardship would come in the late summer when British troops, victorious over the 10th Militia Division of Massachusetts in a rout in…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… event in 1816 was “the year without a summer.” A frost occurred in every month and there was no corn raised, a staple food crop."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… campers pass through our village in winter and summer. The North Village is a great place to live, the people are great and always willing to help…"

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

"Roosevelt’s long time summer home, lies 10 miles across open ocean from mainland New Brunswick. But a mere 300 yards from the U.S."

Acadian Archives

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… Northern Maine Fair is still an important rite of summer, WAGM transformed itself from an AM radio station to a television station, and the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"In the summer of 2007, the Red Schoolhouse was moved to the Agricultural Society’s grounds, where it was rehabilitated."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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