Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"… ranges from the arrival of the technology to the United States in 1840 to Civil War (1861). MHS’ embraces a broader definition to include images…"

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

"… Act, shown here: "Resolved, that the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"But, at least initially, it had mixed results uniting the students from the various towns. Early in his career, Dennis Damon taught at the new high…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"Mr. Robert Whitten of the middle debunks this information as fluffery. His father, Charles Whitten, bridge construction engineer for the Maine State…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… 60 percent of the newsprint manufactured in the United States. All during the 1890's Hugh could see the growth of the country needing many more…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"Today it is operating as the United Methodist Church and is the home of Little Miracles Country School."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"… on the last herring smokehouse in the eastern United States and its collections. Known locally as McCurdy’s, it survived until 1990."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… brick Union Block, each constructing their own unit, sharing common walls. In the late 19th century, pre-existing wooden stores were gradually…"

NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

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Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… style for commercial buildings such as the United States Trust Company Bank in Fryeburg (1922), the Fidelity Trust Company Bank in South Portland…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… Jackson's Clothing Store, Ross Drug Store, the United States Post Office, and Mrs. Ayers Millinery Shop were located on the first floor."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… their organization across the Atlantic Ocean to United States. Then, in 1857 and 1892, two I.O.O.F. lodges were built in Kansas."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"In the United States, about 670,000 people died of the flu, out of a population of 105 million. Soldiers serving in the military in crowded…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… and a tennis court was built as was a 24-unit senior citizen’s complex, which soon expanded to 40 units."

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… elected in 1972 and served through 1978 to the United States House of Representatives. He was elected to the U. S. Senate in 1978, 1984 and 1990."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"Rufus represented New York in the United States Senate; and as a senator, worked on the Missouri Compromise that permitted Maine to enter the Union…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"X Students from the Islesboro Central School United States History class (fifteen total) were divided into five groups (one group for each exhibit…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"… a proclamation calling forth the militia of the United States. The residents of Maine answered with enthusiasm and volunteers came forward to…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"… carried local products to ports around the United States and the world. Some of these included granite mined in East Blue Hill, lumber, ice from…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… settle elsewhere, including lands in the western United States. The population in North Yarmouth decreased significantly."

Acadian Archives

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"After the United States joined the Second World War in December 1941, the hospital (already home to a school of nursing) helped the U.S."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"… clusters of four contiguous lots were drawn as a unit at random and provided to groups of four families/friends who wished to work together."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… School of Design, Harvard University “The United States have but this one short stretch of Atlantic sea-coast where a pleasant summer climate and…"