Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"… Schools (Education), Summer Resorts (Recreation), Businesses/Cottage Industries (Land Use), Water Transportation (Transportation), and Early…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Livery stables were very busy places in those times, frequently called upon by summer residents. Carriages, wagons, buckboards, sleighs, and…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"… go aft!' they don't forget the emotional stir in the dockside crowd that inevitably rises at the sight of such a small vessel, such a quiet man…"

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"… wharf on Islesboro was built at Lime Kiln in Pripet in 1847. Later, wharves were constructed at Ryder’s Cove, Hewes Point, Smith’s Landing and, by…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"Business owners also advertised by placing large signs outside their shops; these symbols made people instantly recognize the type of retail store."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashion in Bangor, 1865

"… but the crown and a visor." He suggested that women's fashions changed when men went off to the Civil War."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… on the Church Block that are still there are women's faces cast into the iron columns. Haley bill for Church Block, Bath, 1886Patten Free…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"Other smokehouses went out of business years before and the buildings were taken down. Today, McCurdy’s Herring Smokehouse is an historic site…"

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

"… keep neighbors from freezing to death and that “business was at a standstill.” However, that February first Herald calmly clarified that “none of…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"In short, a traditional transmission of culture was vital to the continuance of this industry. Herring smokehouse, Eastport, 1886Maine…"

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

"… events, and even the names of the prominent business leaders of Lubec who directed the Centennial Committee."

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"It reflects the extent to which Lubec businesses benefitted from the new service. Item donated by Edith Comstock.Lubec Memorial Library Those…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"The waterfront was very busy with vessels carrying construction materials arriving daily. As a result of the expansion a telephone line, bridge over…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"• Sardine plants in Maine dwindled from 48 to 15 1976 • Completion of school additions to create a single complex – Lubec Consolidated School 1977 •…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources

"… by Second Baptist Church, 2003. ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES Baptist Sewing Circle, PO Box 43, 491 Pendleton Point Road, 734.2022 Boardman Cottage…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Map of Islesboro

"… Map of Islesboro map of Islesboro  X"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 3 of 3

"Steadily increasing female participation in outdoor activities such as lawn tennis, ball games, and bicycling contributed to demand for, and…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 2 of 4

"Jessie Franklin Turner was one of the many women who, from the beginnings of the American fashion industry in the 1920s, found opportunities in…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 3 of 3

"… were in need of help, and recruited heavily for women workers, both Anglo and Franco. The introduction of daycare centers so that able-bodied…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Fabric Adaptive Reuse

"… and new dresses required many yards of fabric, women were familiar with the custom of either themselves or their dressmakers altering and updating…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 1 of 4

"Sometimes a group of women clubbed together to make the purchase and share. On the one hand, machine sewing mitigating the endless hours women spent…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3

"The alternate fashion, compatible with women's increasing participation in the workforce and outdoor activities, favored a more naturally curved…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Themed Image Galleries

"There are gaps in representation, but as the examples in the overview make clear from the eighteenth to the late twentieth centuries, Maine's…"