Maine Memory Network

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… of religious women in the English-speaking world, and found in more than 40 countries serving in a multitude of ministries, the Sisters of Mercy…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… million killed in the much more publicized First World War (1914-1918). In the United States, about 670,000 people died of the flu, out of a…"

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"Army during World War II. After the war, he resumed teaching, first in Dexter and then in Brewer, retiring in 1981."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… Howard Gannett flew his plane all over the world and even sent back international news to Guy's papers."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… area, obtaining a connection into the music world through opera, where Wilhelmina was being trained in voice."

Colby College Special Collections

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"… a fast and efficient connection to the outside world, the Colony’s population continued to grow, new products and industries came to the Colony…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"… time value of money comes into play in today’s world in a way it probably did not in the 19th and early 20th centuries."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"During World War II, the Crobb Box Company operated an ammunition case factory on Neighborhood Road. Main Street in Northeast Harbor, ca."

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"Bangor became the lumber capital of the world. boat pulling logs across Moosehead Lake X Logging started with the contractor- he selected the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Bob Marley

"In 2010, Marley had broken the Guinness World Record for longest stand-up comedy. He lasted 40 hours on the stage, going through 17 hours of original…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"While Farmington and the world remembers Chester for his “ear protectors”, there was a lot more to Chester than that."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… except for a brief period at the beginning of World War I when Hampden’s shipbuilders were pressed into service to build the four mast schooner…"

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"Navy. Avery also served in World War II, returning to inactive duty after five and a half years of service with the rank of Captain and the Legion of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… affected their desirability for successful world trade. Blacksmith Oliver Matthews, Thomaston, MaineThomaston Historical Society Many…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… well known in all principal trading ports of the world. By 1777, Thomaston had incorporated and included, until 1848, the towns of Rockland and…"

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"Rationing was especially necessary during World War II because the military needed to have enough fresh food and other goods to feed the growing…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… old hatreds and arguments crossed from the Old World into the New with vicious alacrity. Native peoples would be drawn in to these battles by both…"

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"1940Guilford Historical Society After World War Ⅱ, in 1947, Drapers Mill was founded by Fletcher Pride. It was built in 1947-1948."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 1 of 4

"… beautifully describes life in a salt marsh, “a world of many different creatures as green crabs scurry among the shaded plant stalks, marsh wrens…"

Wilson Museum

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Old York Historical Society

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First Parish in Portland

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NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

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