Maine Memory Network

Ski Museum of Maine

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Yarmouth Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"… century record payment of care for those that boarded the sick and infirmed, transported to the mainland those who needed medical care, purchased…"

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

"… encircled with the words "National Recovery Board," indicating the coat was made in accordance with the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"In this year, the Secretary of Maine's first Board of Education, William G. Crosby of Belfast, called for the need of a Normal School in Maine in his…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"They built sawmills to make boards, staves, and shingles needed for boats, dwellings, barns, fences, and barrels."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"There were twelve families on board with all their baggage, canoes. -Mount Desert Herald, 10/11/1883 Before 1857, steamboat service to Mount Desert…"

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"… young children and had to meet Hallowell School Board standards at its mill-run school. A child that works in a factory might work eight to twelve…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - U.S. Flagship Hartford

"… information about people and their duties on board. This is a secondary resource. Packard, Aubigne L. A Town That Went to Sea."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - IV. Engulfed by nationalism: Revolutionary Biddeford

"… the falls, cutting an estimated 50,000 feet of boards every day. Most of these products were sold in Boston, Providence and New York City."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"… a period of profitability, then the decision by Boards and owners out-of-state to sell off the Biddeford and Saco "divisions" or move them down…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"Pepperell Mills boarding houses, Biddeford, ca. 1875McArthur Public Library The "China Trade", started in 1852, was integral to the success."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… drafted, but not accepted so the entire planning board resigned in frustration. The Town Dump closed for good and a crude transfer station was…"

Walker Memorial Library

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Ste. Agathe Historical Society

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Skowhegan Free Public Library

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"On Swan's Island she is a school board member, is an active member of the Historical Society and does silk painting."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Our Partners

"… Boucher–Byron Historical Society/RSU 10 School Board Michelle Boucher-Ladd–Holy Savior School/Byron Historical Society Elliott Burns–Rumford…"

Cary Memorial Library

"… Wayne Historical Society and the Town Archival Board maintain the library's Historical Archives. A complete index of our historical records as well…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"… as it was in Britain, but the War Production Board (WPB) issued order L-85 in March 1942 to regulate the amount of fabric used in garments."

Architecture & Landscape database - Project Background and Partners

"… part by the National Historical Records Advisory Board (NHPRC), focused on the working drawings from John Calvin Stevens, Frederick A."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… is the aforementioned 1953-54 story of Charles, boarding the overnight train for New York City, to enlist the support of JDR Jr."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"The summer tourists stayed in a boarding house/inn, named at various times Seaside House, Seaside Hotel, The Islesborough and Johnson-by-the-Sea."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Prior to the ferry service, this meant attending boarding school, or boarding with other families in the Rockland and Mount Desert Island area."