Maine Memory Network

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

"As one of four boys whose father, grandfathers, several uncles and cousins were all lobstermen, I recall lobster fishing during the period 1949 to…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"Girls and boys sat on separate sides and the younger smaller children sat towards the front of the room, with the older larger children in back."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… to the curriculum and organized intramural boys’ and girls’ sports teams. Strong's first baseball team won their first nine games without a coach…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Young boys searched the woods and fields for all metal and rubber tires. In those days, there was no municipal landfill."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… child and I took supper After supper I took the boy in my arms and started for the pinnacle. Metalluk, son of a great chief and the last of the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… out with crinoline petty coats underneath; the boys looked polished in their new ties, pants, and shiny shoes."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"a man or woman boy or girl may look back and sigh for some small relic hereby to enliven their memory perhaps in a distant county when even a person…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… Manola Gilman of Cumberland Mills noted “you boys are about as safe in France now tho [sic] as the people are around here."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… shake your light and dainty feet O, you can do it boy! Right well we know you can Let each horse that steps with you then see the glitter of your…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"The school would be started in August when the boys from World War I returned. Recreation in Stockholm Many people in Stockholm were looking for a…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Another boy traveled with them and drove their three cows. They had just reached the last home in Readfield, belonging to Constant Norton, when a…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… over Little Blue, and opened it as a school for boys in 1844. The property was purchased by A. H. Abbott (not related) after Samuel P."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"The residents could not hear the fine band. “So boys, hold in while the band is in action and then let your lungs proclaim how much you have enjoyed…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"Waterman Company of Bangor, where boys of all ages were invited to compete in 100 yard dashes. On the Fourth of July, patrons were enticed with the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"The boy on the right looks like he needs some cheering up. Over the years, the Agricultural Society has worked to help the Fair evolve and change, to…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Annie Clough remembered that her father, as a boy, served up the grog at the yard where her grandfather, Asa Clough, Jr., was ship’s carpenter and…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… the Piscataquis Community High School Pirates boys’ team won the Piscataquis County championship coached by Phil Clark."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"The Rumford Freshmen boys’ basketball program was run by the fundamentally sound Harry New, and Junior Varsity coaches at time were John Tapley and…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"He came upon a young boy and told him to tell the others to come out or he would send more people to the Maine School for the Feeble Minded."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… five dollars a month when he was just a young boy. He would rough out the roads in the woods. While doing this, he noticed sap on a fallen spruce."

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Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… was just a normal kid, a lover of basketball, a boy who worked hard to get good grades. Where according to Secretary Cohen,"He was a pretty good…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… down the road, in the year 1931, there was a boy named Keith. He lived on a fox farm. “Keith come down and eat your breakfast!” Keith’s mom…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"“Boy it’s a bad week for the Jimenez’s,” said Jack while driving his suffering wife to the hospital."