Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More Permanent Settlers Arrive

"More Permanent Settlers Arrive Two major waves of settlers arrived after 1768 – the first from Gloucester, Massachusetts in addition to James…"

Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy

"… States and the government’s investment in it for wartime purposes. When Maine General Hospital opened its doors in Portland in 1868, it became the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"… suit, with a front pleat short skirt suggests a wartime provenance. The same chunky square styling seen in outerwear modeled by Hollywood…"

Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"… time when a certain event happened" If I lived in wartime Lincoln my feelings would be of pride because the members of my community would be…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Shipbuilding: An Important Early Industry

"… to find these trees if they needed masts during wartime. View of Pleasant Street and Blue Hill Bay, ca."

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"… I am interested in war and this topic is on Wartime Lincoln. This is pretty interesting that I am getting to research a topic I like and it is…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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