Maine Memory Network

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"Turn of the Century to the War of 1812 The 1800s welcomed a plethora of economic and demographic changes for the District of Maine."

Historic Clothing Collection - Early Twentieth Century

"Encrusted with turn-of-the-century details and trimmings, and probably inspired by French fashion prints, her delicate bloused-bodice peach and cream…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"By the turn-of-the-century, Aroostook County had sixty-two starch factories of which twenty were owned by Presque Isle resident and Starch King…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"Around 1861 the first two schooners specially equipped for carrying ice, were loaded in the Saco River with ice cut during the long winter and sent…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"His daughter Charlotte became a schoolteacher and taught for a time at the Dunn School, not far from Riverside Farm."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park

"… of man will surely find in it in the years and centuries to come an inspiration and a means of growth as essential to them ever and anon as are…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 3 of 3

"The Klan turned tail at the sight of the angry Catholic crowds, and it was probably the beginning of the two sides finally overcoming their scant…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"… is more reminiscent of Hampden’s 19th century past than that of Summer Street, bordered on the east by the Penobscot River and on the west by the…"

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

"Fritz Kreisler The Kreislers and Schellings outside the Building of The Arts Northeast Harbor Library The legendary violinist and composer…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"Many shirt collars all across the country were stiffened by Aroostook starch. Even as late as the 1950s farmers hauled potatoes to starch factories."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"It was the largest city in York County, and one of the largest cities in Maine. In the streets people spoke mostly English and French, but you could…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"… sheltered part of the bay, while others wanted to turn eastward and establish themselves on the more open area where they could more easily protect…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"He immediately turned and saw Haley stuck, then raised the alarm. Haley, at the age of 70, died with great accomplishment."

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2

"A group of turn of the twentieth century couture caliber gowns from Lewiston; a 1930s ‘Delphic’ gown and others by Jessie Franklin Turner; and a…"

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

"Either their desk would be moved into the corner of the room and they would have to stay there for the remainder of the day, or they would have to…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"Before 1900, nursing was primarily devoted to home care. As a graduate from Eastern Maine General put it, “graduate nurses were capable of going into…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"The intersection saw the addition of several gas stations and a convenience market in the 1950s. A little later, the church stopped its services, and…"

Mercy Hospital - 100 Years of Mercy Hospital

"At the turn of the 21st century, as those challenges began to exceed the capabilities of the State Street facility, Mercy Hospital embarked on a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Moore. The picture turned out very well and he displayed it in his shop’s window. When the owners of the clothing saw the photo, the “girls had quite…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"Squando had been turned against the settlers at the death of his child, which had been caused by the intentional overturning of a canoe in the middle…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Sweetser, Phyllis Sturdivant. Cumberland, Maine in four centuries. Cumberland, Maine: Town of Cumberland, 1976. Text by Thomas C. Bennett"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"At this corner the road to Gray turned west (115) and the New Gloucester Road continued north (231)."

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"It is faster to go across the bridge than to go on a ferry. You could also get wet very easily from riding the ferry, but with the bridge, it is…"