Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Pastimes

"camping, fishing, music, theater, art, snow sports. These are the activities that bring people together, encompass the resources of the area and…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"The height of the original building is two and a half stories. Civil War Soldiers' Monument postcard, Bath, ca."

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… pageant featured live reindeer, an Eskimo family, arts and crafts from children around the world, youth representing Youth for Christ…"

Lincoln, Maine - Logging truck, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"The driver is Art Morgan and the helper by the back is Frank Sigue. The buildings in the background are at the location of the former Lake Mall area."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"Additionally there was a huge and thriving arts scene in the area, in no small part due to the many talented French-Canadians who had moved here."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 1 of 4

"… ABC’s, singing, penmanship, and writing, and art class. When she attended Ashland High School, her teachers taught history, geography, math, home…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Theater

"The tradition of plays, art shows, and concerts continued with the new theater, along with the new addition of movies."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Main Street, Presque Isle, ca. 1895

"… published collection of photographs titled, "Art Work of Aroostook County, Maine," Chicago, 1895, v."

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

"Several draggers built by the Morse Boat Building Co. were put into use during the war effort, later being converted back to fishing vessels."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Weighing the big trout, Mill Site, 1891

"Participants went to St. Croix Lake then down the St. Croix Stream and the Aroostook River to Presque Isle, May 24-31, 1891."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Fred Urquhart Farm, Presque Isle

"While yields are affected by the proper application of fertilizer, they are also affected by the particular variety of a crop that has been planted…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Free Baptist Church, Presque Isle, 1895

"source: "Art Work of Aroostook County, Maine," v. 8, W. H. Parish Publishing Co., Chicago, 1895. View additional information about this item on the…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"So great was the pressure under the bridge that the water burst through the road surface, leaving a hole a yard in diameter."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"1900Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Percival Baxter and Katahdin, ca. 1962Baxter State Park Del worked for the State of Maine in…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 2

"From a cost standpoint, circular sawed lumber made possible the large barns required by the emerging dairy industry in the post-Civil War period."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"… of the finest views of an early Maine commercial building is the daguerreotype of the Fox Building at Middle and Exchange Streets in Portland…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"… commercial buildings: the Webber and Porter Building on Main Street in Searsport, the Connor and Hathorn Building on Main Street in Pittsfield, the…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"Bank of Cumberland Building, Portland, ca. 1845Maine Historical Society This ambrotype captures a sunny winter day on Middle Street in Portland…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Watts Block

"A fire in 1915 destroyed the building, but it was immediately rebuilt, and one of the three commercial spaces continues to serve as a Town Hall."

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 2 of 2

"Members of one of the city’s most prominent families, the five Deering sisters are fashionably dressed and artistically posed around their mother…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"Prominent in this ambrotype are the one story shop shared by harness and saddle maker J. B. Tuttle and boot and show maker G."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Thomaston Academy

"In 1847 the Thomaston Academy building was built to the east of the church. At this time the federal style of architecture was being replaced by the…"

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Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"Then, as the years fly by, the growth of the settlement to a village and a town; roads and houses on the hillsides in place of the retreating forest."