Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Cities of Smoke and Soot

"… caused often required the assistance of fire departments from the various southern Maine communities."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"It was right next to Griffins Department Store. It was across from Chastenay Property Management and the laundromat."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… photo below, Abe Morris, Manager of Koritsky's Department Store, on the left and Gordon Crockett, right, are inside Crockett's Bakery on Elm Street…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"… Parks and Plants for Baxter State Park, and the Department of Conservation. He also helped to manage the state’s 175,000 acres of public land."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"It was a popular department store used by many citizens of Bath. Bath Town Hall, ca. 1908Patten Free Library The earlier building at the Grants…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"The printing department alone employed more than 100 employees. In a 1981 meeting of the Rumford Historical Society, chaired by Virginia Weston, many…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"That year the noted German architect Walter Gropius joined the department as a faculty member and the next year was appointed its chair."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - ABOUT US

"… Biddeford Public Library in 1863; it was a city department and located in the City Building. In 1894, the Mayor recommended that a private…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… horticulturist of the National Capital Parks Department, George Harding. Over the next few months, over 500 trees were screened."

Maine State Archives

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National Archives at Boston

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… clerk, the treasurer, the mayor, and the police department. City Hall had a courtroom, a marshal's office, a judge's office, and a police matron's…"

Walker Memorial Library

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"The new addition included an Emergency Department (what today would be called an Emergency Room), although it would not be open on a 24-hour basis…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"… retirement in 1978, he directed Harriman’s design department. During this period, he oversaw the planning of such notable projects as the Muskie…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… Seawind, run by Fred Thomas and George Stanley, departed Swan’s Island at seven in the morning from the Quarry Wharf in Minturn, stopped at nearby…"

Colby College Special Collections

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

"While they were doing that, the Brunswick Fire Department was on its way, soon to arrive at 10:00 AM."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… of them was Officer Merrill of the Bath Police Department. He was the first to recognize the tragic fire in 1895, from the outside of the theatre…"

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

"… Governor Bodwell, and the North Haven, served the needs of Swan’s Island. After the North Haven departed, no replacement was supplied. Next page"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… the maritime law enforcement arm of the Treasury Department, morphed into the U. S. Coast Guard, Yeaton later became known as the "Father of the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… one who purchased the property that the Bath Fire Department was built on, which housed the #8 truck and the City of Bath water tanks. James C."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"Edward L. Rand headed up the Botanical Department. Samuel Eliot documented the meteorology, and Charles Eliot focused on geology."