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."

Oakfield Grange 414

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Island Falls Historical Society

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Norridgewock Historical Society

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Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"Blue Hill Landscape, circa 1910 X By the turn of the century, there were many more houses in Blue Hill, but the landscape remained largely…"

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…"

Leeds Historical Society

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

"… Biddeford, 1909McArthur Public Library At the turn of the century Biddeford was a place of opportunity, of excitement, of possibility."

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

"… an important industry, and remained so until the turn of the century. Around 1861 the first two schooners specially equipped for carrying ice, were…"

Fifth Maine Regiment Museum

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Owls Head Transportation Museum

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Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"… House Maine lost many of its people at the turn of the century and there were 5,000 fewer farms in Maine in 1900 than there were in 1880! Many…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"At the turn of the century Guilford had the railroad, woolen mills, a newspaper, and even a cinema. What the town needed was a library."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… jobs and industries along the Kennebec at the turn of the century. Click here to learn more about ice cutting on the Kennebec."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… jobs and industries along the Kennebec at the turn of the century. Around 1869 and 1870, the winter weather in Massachusetts and New York was warm…"

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

"… percent of the violins made in America at the turn of the century were European. The fact that this man was able to make a classical violin without…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… setting the stage for a bustling economy at the turn of the century. Early Schooling School House, South Surry, 1900Surry Historical Society…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… hours, consuming 128,085 pounds of coal.” By the turn of the century, the Canadian-invented Diaphone sounded safety through the soup."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… of Bath and was the father of Emma Eames, a turn of the century opera star, who sang for European royalty. His son-in-law, Thomas W."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… for many, many years from the 1860’s to the turn of the century. They fished, raised families, and did what they could to eke out a living on…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… East North Yarmouth's first mail carrier at the turn of the century. His daughter Charlotte became a schoolteacher and taught for a time at the…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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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…"