Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… neighborhood in Saco and the Somes Block on Main Street in Biddeford. He would be elected to Congress in 1868 and spend the rest of his life in…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"… off the Farm have been employed in labor upon the streets, blasting stone, preparing them for use, and in removing loom from the gravel pit and…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… Historical Society “We are enjoying (?) a winter such as the oldest inhabitant never saw.” So read the January 18 1934 Lubec Herald."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"… Society This ambrotype captures a sunny winter day on Middle Street in Portland during the 1850s."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… to play anywhere, sliding down the streets in winter, exploring the surrounding woods, and playing in the brook in summer."

Historic Hallowell - Transportation

"There were some winter obstacles involved getting cotton to the mill, such as ice on the river, making it hard to get the cotton delivered."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"In winter, trains were warm and were lit with kerosene lanterns. Snow removal from the tracks could be dangerous, requiring trains to back up, regain…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865

"… Street, found business especially slow in the winter of 1865. He reported that he "employed my vacant hours in making a rustick armed chair, a…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Harris House, Bangor, ca. 1850

"… made other changes when he began using it as his winter residence in about 1861. Martin noted that Reuben Bagley built the house in 1836."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"… and Irish folks in the Spruce Street/Knox Street Penobscot Street areas had the Pettengill School."

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… popular, but they could not drive them in the winter and spring. Because the snow covered the roads, and in the spring, the car would ruin the road…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"Waldo Street Area Waldo Street Fire slide show The Waldo Street Fire was, and still is, Rumford’s most serious fire."

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"Levy and Abbie Murphy Winter, in Lynn, Massachusetts, where the Winters resided. Throughout their marriage, Richardson and Carrie Johnson raised four…"

Abbe Museum

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Southwest Harbor Public Library

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… impassable section between Weld and Dixfield in winter, according to older residents. Dixfield was not exempt from sickness or disease during its…"

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

"… the following year, the boys having survived the winter on cow’s milk, hulled corn, boiled wheat, and roasted potatoes. In September of 1806 Mrs."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… and Cross Country skiing, and hosted an annual winter carnival, first at its ski jump location on Spruce Street, then at its Scotty’s Mountain…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Eureka Hall, Stockholm

"… the local people to eat, and many people in the winter come up and end up eating there. So throughout the years Eureka Hall hasn't always been…"

Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"When the old Queen’s Hospital closed in the winter of 1942-43, it contained 60 beds, but old hands remembered up to 98 patients treated inside at one…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… 1955Guilford Historical Society This is a Winter scene of Bank Square and the Elm Street business district in the 1950s."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… area and in 1781 eight families spent their first winter in the new settlement. Out of the six original explorers who marked out their lots in 1776…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Around 1869 and 1870, the winter weather in Massachusetts and New York was warm, so they bought their ice from Maine."