Maine Memory Network

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Thomaston Historical Society

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Penobscot Marine Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"Julia continued to spend her summers at her home in Strong until her death in 1912. In 1920 the school building was moved up Main Street where it…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"… Rumford that was used when the river was low in summer and on the ice in winter. In 1901 the Red Bridge was built near this location."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"In the summer of 1876, William Darling bought up mineral rights adjacent to Second and Third Ponds west of town."

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"The parade included several Street Floats, Clubs & Organizations Floats, Business Floats, and area fire trucks, antique automobiles, several bands…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"Ruth Kidder wrote: The “Year With No Summer-1816" caused the men to hoe and harvest with mittens on or the frost stuck their hands to the tools."

Old York Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… many craft fairs during the holiday season, and summer festivals. Jewelry makers, painters, photographers, wood-carvers, knitters, crocheters…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"… two-wheeled hose reel that they could use in the summer, and a sled they could use in the winter. Every year after the station was built they…"

Guilford, Maine - Guilford Schools

"The first session met in summer under the supervision of teacher Miss Betsey Moore and the second session met in the winter under the tutelage of Mr."

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."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"It was not until the advent of three summer colonies that the horse and buggy became popular. The automobile was banned from the island until 1933."

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

"And Washington Street would soon connect to Water Street, sometimes called Front Street, with the sweeping curve shown below."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"That summer under his direction, Elder Ezra Wilson and William Witham with a crew built the two abutments."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… store (which is still there), across High Street and back down Main Street. There were oxen-pulling contests, agricultural exhibits, and local…"

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…"

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

"The building is used in the summer by church work groups that come to the area to assist needy people."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Attendance peaked at 12,000 during some summer weekends. With the beginning of World War I and the new found interest in automobiles people started…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"Gannett, to buy their newspapers in the summer of 1921. Gannett consolidated the two papers as the Portland Press Herald."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"According to Cush Lane, a summer resident, when high tide fell around around 10:30 at night, there would be lobster boat lights flashing all along…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Before long, the conflagration swept up the Park Street hill, across French Street, and onto Broadway."