Maine Memory Network

William Fogg Public Library

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Edward O'Brien moves to Thomaston - 1850s

"His ships were known around the world, distinguished by a broad unpainted “bright line, some six planks just below the deck beading kept unpainted…"

Maine State Archives

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… Airport After the blackout restrictions of World War II were lifted, the Port-of-Maine Airport opened at a site off Pleasant Hill Road."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… airport, the Port-of-Maine Airport, opened after World War II at a site off Pleasant Hill Road. Service operations and flying schools operated at…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"… sunk by a torpedo in the South Atlantic during World War II on June 2, 1942. Morse Shipyard, Water Street, Thomaston, Maine c 1940Thomaston…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3

"During World War II, the reservoir was under constant surveillance against possible sabotage of drinking water sources."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Colby College Special Collections

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Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"An estimated crowd of 25,000 watched him defeat world champion Margaret Dillon and competitor Directum J in three consecutive heats at the Island…"

Belfast Historical Society

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Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library

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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…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Writer, Paul KoenigStaff. “World War II Nurse from Maine Subject of New Book.” Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel, Kennebec Journal and Morning…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… five commercial dairies in town before the Second World War. Blueberries were always a commercial crop, some hand picked by local residents and…"

Maine State Museum

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… students (and nurses) until after the Second World War. Mary Elizabeth Lyden (class of ’42) remembered that “We did more than just nursing."

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… perhaps the greatest attention after the Second World War. In 1948, a new School of X-Ray Technology accepted its first students, with Patricia…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… a period of decline during the Depression, World War II revitalized the industry with factories on both the east and west coasts working at…"

St. Croix Historical Society

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"World War I and II had an adverse effect and the population stayed the same or increased slightly. The mills were running full blast at this time…"

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

"World War two had a minimizing effect on New Portland's population, as the class sizes tended to go down after those years."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"Woodrow Wilson’s Ship is Torpedoed during World War II: Woodrow Wilson: and we were on the east side of Africa…and we were on our way home…and well…"

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

"Bruinius, Harry, Better for All the World: The Secret History of Forced Sterilization and America’s Quest for Racial Purity, 2006, Vantage Books, New…"