Maine Memory Network

Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"Snow was U.S. Postmaster. The U.S. Post Office moved to its present site on Washington Street in 1975."

Acadian Archives

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… down-east via the Carlton Bridge, a new route for U.S. 1 was constructed from Cook’s Corner in Brunswick to Bath in 1937."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… for the first time as a separate community in the U.S. Census. In 1896, the island officially became a town."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ship Captains

"Post Office, which is on Winthrop Street and still stands today. Unlike most of the sailors of Hallowell, when Agry was only eighteen, he was the…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"House of Representatives. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1854, he gained a national reputation for his opposition to slavery and his expertise in…"

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

"Customs and the U.S. Postal Service under a single roof. And Washington Street would soon connect to Water Street, sometimes called Front Street…"

Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"… Rheumatism was his most successful product, but U. S. vs Henry Clearwater (H. P. Clearwater and Pope Laboratories) resulted in the "Misbranding of…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"… what mental health activist Dorothea Dix, U.S. Vice President (1861-1865), Hannibal Hamlin, world renowned author Stephen King, Major League…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"When this failed, the Excahnge became the city’s U.S. Custom House. After standing only fifteen years, the Exchange burned on January 8, 1854."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… to establish that this point is definitely the U.S.” By July, 1808 the timber tower and a keeper’s house were complete though the exact date of…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… establishing the border between Canada and the U.S.; Campobello and Lubec. During the occupation Jabez Mowry and several other prominent Eastport…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… by the British • Boundary between Canada and U.S.; Campobello and Lubec established 1820 • Maine separates from Mass."

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… chose Presque Isle’s airport as the site for the U.S. Army Air Base; the construction of the Presque Isle Air Base in 1941 kicked off a building…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"This same ship, donated to the U.S.Navy, was converted to a warship and was the first vessel sunk in the war by German submarines in 1917."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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