Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"Three Allied nations accepted Maine’s invitation to Casco Bay: Portugal, Japan and Great Britain. Coupled with two U.S."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"Phebe was now 28. They had three children at the old Morgan Bay Road farm property: Lemuel (eventually a stonecutter in Brooksville who had 11…"

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… apartments, which housed women, some with young children, for up to eighteen-months. Run by the Sisters of Mercy under the direction of Sister…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Design for rustic fence, gate, Bangor, 1867

"… a mans house barn and gates should constitute three, well the fourth, his cellar the fifth his grounds the sixth, the passage to a house barn…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Market Hall, Bangor, 1846

"Martin drew the illustration of the three buildings and the shops they held as part of his journal that he began in 1864 to record events of his life…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Pendleton & Ross stand, Bangor, 1864

"… that the front of the building, which contained three stores, was built about 1832. He wrote, "During those days they were the largest stores in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Circus swing, Boston, 1853

"… records and, probably, notes, wrote a journal and three scrapbooks reflecting on his life and experiences."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Marcellus Emery, Bangor, ca. 1864

"… in Bangor and surrounding areas in a journal, three scrapbooks, and an record of a dancing organization he helped found."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun

"Two children riding a snow horse, Swan's Island, ca. 1945Swan's Island Historical Society Always an example of winter fun was having kids build…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"… cans? We’d put it on the stove and cook it." Children on the steps of the Minturn Schoolhouse, Swan's Island, ca."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"Six of these children grew up, married, and started their own families in North Yarmouth, thereby expanding the Loring family’s roots and influence…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"Isabella died 19 October 1759. Three years later on 31 January 1762, he married Mary Black, a cousin of Isabella’s."

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"… because it provided jobs for men, women, and children. The Cotton Mill helped the economy of Hallowell because it brought money into the town."

Portland Public Library

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Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"Children often prompted photographers to be less formal and more creative in composing studio portraits."

Blue Hill, Maine - Looking for the Lost Cemetery

"lost 4 children under age 10. In the oldest known cemetery in Blue Hill The Old Cemetery of 1794, the oldest headstone is Mrs."

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

"… nothing about newspapers, yet he now owned three. Although he was new to the business, he understood how to hire the right people for the job and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… all day in the factories and then look after the children and household chores when they went home. The work was dangerous and many children lost…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… his growing family – his wife Ernestine and three children: Marcia, Richard M. II, and John A. Prior to World War II and the deaths of her parents…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"Or, the children moved out of their bedrooms for the summer to bunk in with aunts and uncles while the parents hosted guests in their homes."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3

"Her son, Jimmy one of her five children, started racing in the early 1980’s. Dorothy worked at the racing office about the same time."

New Hampshire Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"… portrait of Lucretia Day Sewall and five of her children is a striking image, in which the sitters look directly at the viewer, engaging us through…"