Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Graduates, Gouldville Elementary, Presque Isle, 1922

"Each student is holding a certificate. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle High School Basketball Team 1913

"… Description A Group photograph of the Presque Isle High School Basketball Team in 1913. Capt Tucker is in first row."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 4 of 4

"After they left she would have to bathe the boys, read them stories, and then put them to bed, all for fifty cents."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 2 of 3

"… coming this way (north) and when James saw the sign for Old Town he said, “This isn’t the way to Waterville."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northeast Airlines DC-3, Presque Isle, ca. 1945

"Commercial service resumed at the airfield about mid 1945. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Normal School, Presque Isle, ca. 1910

"… Presque Isle Normal School buildings, Presque Isle, ca. 1910 View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"My mother and father did have sweet potatoes, but they were the size of a twelve year-old’s fist. It was normal to eat only lunch and dinner in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 1 of 4

"… a Presque Isle Middle School student Images from the Presque Isle Histoircal Society by Angela's family When I interviewed my grandmother, Glenna…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Main Street, Presque Isle, ca. 1907

"… Presque Isle, with a message to Miss Flora Burns, August 15, 1907. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Links to Presque Isle History

"Links to Presque Isle History Presque Isle Air Museum Presque Isle Airport, ca. 1937Presque Isle Air Museum Trans-Atlantic Balloon Site…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 3 of 5

"Potato Harvest Memories Click here to visit Richard Rand's Harvesting Potatoes. Potato Barrel Truck, Presque IslePresque Isle Historical…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Maine Railroads

"At the time they were just building the railroad. Considering the amount of stocks that had been sold they had enough money to complete the project."

Lincoln, Maine - Eastern Manufacturing Company, Lincoln, ca. 1920 - Page 1 of 2

"In the bottom right of the photograph is a conveyor belt that put wood in a box car and shipped it to Brewer."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad began delivering mail. The train delivering mail got the mail to and from places quicker than foot or other terms…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"The lumber company would cut trees into smooth slabs and send them to stores. The company built a boarding house, a store, twelve houses on Red Row…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"However, when the Aroostook War came, Jacob was in a militia and served as lieutenant. The Aroostook War was when Maine was arguing with Canada for…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"The mill burned in February 1912 but was quickly rebuilt. Another plant was built in the early 1920s to make clothespins, peavey and pick-pole…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"Also by the railroad there were six more homes. Many of the houses on Red Row were two story houses. Most had an attic and some even had a basement."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"The state even tried giving land to a railroad company, but that plan also failed. Several similarly-sized lots in the northern portion of Woodland…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 2 of 2

"The name is changed to the Katahdin Division of Eastern Manufacturing Company. The mill employs 250 people at this time."

Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1890

"The Lincoln Clothing Company was a department store, visible as the first full building on the left."

Lincoln, Maine - Ariel G. Edwards, WW II soldier, Lincoln, 1943

"He served in the 3706th Quartermaster Truck Company stationed in England, France, and Germany. He was both a mail clerk and truck driver during his…"

Lincoln, Maine - Pulp mill, Lincoln, 1915 - Page 1 of 2

"At this time the mill was owned by the Eastern Manufacturing Company. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Norcross Heritage Trust

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