Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - A Walk On The Streets During The Ice Storm

"… down the street Breaking the silence is the tapping of my feet As I walk the streets I round a bend Hoping this chaos will come to an end"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 2 of 3

"… this dress illustrates what is called the “S” bend silhouette fashionable at that time. The group includes Mrs."

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

"… with smooth firmly corseted back thrust hips ("S" bend style), and trained skirts with a flare around the hemline."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"George or Georges River, where it bends west for a short distance before heading north and inland some 40 miles to the village of Warren and beyond."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"… village was settled, then sweeps around a large bend to a southerly track toward Farmington. Settlement had begun in 1784 from the south, first…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… has a short 12”-18” handle, so the digger must bend at the waist often in mud to the knees to dig through the tidal mud flats for clams."

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"… a long process because first a blacksmith had to bend and form an axe or a hammer head to put on the handle."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"… Teche Campaign, also known as the Battle of Irish Bend which occurred on April 14, 1863 and the Siege of Port Hudson as well."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… when new water passes a given spot, as banks and bends imperceptibly erode and relocate, as ice forms, melts, and moves on by, so too will the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… shoulders as he stooped to take up a shovel full, bending him nearly double, completely burying him."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"There was rimming and bending to be done, soldering of the ends of the sides together, the latter, the job of the “sealers.” Then the collars and…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… Bull Run, Manassas, Antietam, Port Hudson, Irish Bend, Fredericksburg, and Cold Harbor among others."