Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"Hardly a whole window casement in either mill was left. The big boilers in both mills were under water."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"As one writer described them, "The windows were jammed with dampness and years of dirt and grime and could not be opened to allow air to circulate."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"… to die, sticks moved up, fires lit again, “windows” set for the right draft and air circulation."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… made of brick with wood dentils and very detailed window borders; the foundation was made of granite."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"It has a wooden bay window that was added in 1909, and the bricks that make up the outer facade are painted green, yellow, and tan."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"Dakin Sporting Goods Hunting And Fishing Window Display, Bangor, ca. 1937 Dakin's Sporting Goods sold a variety of equipment, including camping…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"It was 18 feet by 22 feet. The windows were 7 feet by 9 feet. Ira supplied all the lumber for the school."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"… something pretty, like dresses or suits, in the window of Osgood’s. Now they just put whatever they have in there, something that is on sale, or…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress

"The school was 18x22 feet with 7x9 glass windows. Aaron also built many other buildings across the town of Lincoln."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"Before fathometers, lobstermen used greased window weights attached to twine to do this. Fishermen also used visual signs to note where to put a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… that the beautiful stained glass memorial windows were introduced. Since that time additional changes have occurred."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"… to Create a Master Race, 2003, Four Walls Eight Windows, New York. Bruinius, Harry, Better for All the World: The Secret History of Forced…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… built to the house, and a front porch, with a bay window and balcony above it on the second floor… Mr."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… out very well and he displayed it in his shop’s window. When the owners of the clothing saw the photo, the “girls had quite a time getting out of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… was by having fancy displays in the store windows. Some architects added architectural details like mouse toothing, decorative cornices, and…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"I remembered I broke out all kinds of windows in a building and my father made me go and redo all of them so I learned to cut glass."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… of people gathered on the streets, in doorways, window, anywhere to exclaim over the beauty and imagination shown in the parade."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… and businesses were encouraged to decorate windows, and the paper carried a notice entreating anyone who could spare flowers to decorate the tables…"

Prince Memorial Library

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Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Wood products including window sashes, caskets, shovel handles continued to be manufactured making use of the abundant hydropower generated from the…"

Acadian Archives

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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