Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 16 of 17

"What was two weeks of celebrating abruptly turned into mourning; President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 15th."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Corn Canning Industry

"The season lasted a mere three weeks. Franklin Farm Products Cooperative, established in 1929 was the last cannery to disappear from Farmington’s…"

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 2 of 2

"A glance at the finely dressed Weeks family belies the fact that father and son made their living by their hands."

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"Administration transferred from the old Weeks House to the larger Payson house on Deering and State Streets in 1927, with Weeks transforming into a…"

Historic Hallowell - The Johnson Shoe Bros.

"10,000 to 12,000 pairs of boots, The weekly payroll was quite the loot. Then the workers were forced to leave immediately, Their work was proclaimed…"

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church, Lincoln, ca. 1925

"… granite counterweights and had to be wound every week. The clock was electrified in the 1960s. The presence of the Lincoln Theatre (at right)…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bethany Baptist Church

"… Church of Presque Isle held their meetings weekly in this building. The First Baptist churched merged with the Free Baptist to form the United…"

Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"People were stuck in their houses for weeks and ran out of food, water and were without power for days or weeks."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village Schools

"Testa earned 17 dollars a week and Davis earned 15 dollars a week. According to the register the classrooms were well equipped."

Historic Hallowell - Day 4 - Page 1 of 3

"… people were without heat and power for days or weeks even. For heat some people sat in their cars which is a big danger because you might get…"

Life on a Tidal River - Flood Exhibit Work

"… learned how to do "Good History." One day each week students were divided into four groups: one scanning artifacts with Bill Cook, Bangor Public…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Cities of Smoke and Soot

"From the Biddeford Weekly Standard, January 4, 1895. X The cities of Biddeford and Saco have long been a center for lumbering, textiles and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 6 of 17

"… of the producing in common times, and every week it is growing smaller. Mills are stopping in every direction, and probably not one-half of those…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Junior Martin in cadet uniform, Bangor, ca. 1871

"… in which he stayed his school vacation of 8 weeks." Martin drew the illustrations of his son on page 104 of his "Scrap Book no 3," showing Junior…"

Lincoln, Maine - Mattanawcook Academy

"… early years, the male teachers were paid $4.18 a week and females were paid $1.52 a week. It was rebuilt three times and the third time, the high…"

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"… work eight to twelve hours for a day, six days a week, to earn one dollar. A lot of children worked at the age of seven, they worked in mills or…"

Historic Hallowell - Energy

"In 1878, 26 years later, it went from 14 to 30 tons per week. This might have been because they had more business, or it might’ve been because the…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"Signed, Senate of ther Hanse Town of Lübeck.” The weekly Lubec Herald newspaper reported the document one week later in its June 28th edition."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"After 2 weeks I lost 9.5 pounds, he told me I was a half pound left, but he’d let me in anyways, so that’s how I was enlisted."

Historic Hallowell - Initiative and Self-Improvement

"Mostly apprentices, they met one night a week after working a 12-hour day, and wrote compositions, essays, reports and poems, performed dialogs…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - General Henry Knox Museum

"Each summer the museum offers a two-week summer teacher institute free of charge to history educators, encouraged and advised by Pulitzer…"

Life on a Tidal River - Cohen Students

"… learned how to do "Good History." One day each week students were divided into four groups: one scanning artifacts with Bill Cook, Bangor Public…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… although we have had it bad enough for the past week We are very pleasantly located – have plenty of wood —build five places in our little shelter…"

Life on a Tidal River - Work on the Civil War Project

"… learned how to do "Good History." One day each week students were divided into four groups: one scanning artifacts with Bill Cook, Bangor Public…"