Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… X Miriam Kelley adds the vital role in survival played by her father in this recorded account. Coincidentally, the calamity occurred on the 125th…"

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"The children didn't get time to play or rest; and they would get sick from the damp, dark and dirty environment they worked in."

Presque Isle: The Star City - State Street Theater

"The first movie that played was “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers” starring Barbara Stanwyck and Van Heflin."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 2 of 4

"This attitude played out in the now classic movies, "The Wild One" with Marlon Brando (1953), and "Rebel Without a Cause" with James Dean (1955)."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"Children were safe to play anywhere, sliding down the streets in winter, exploring the surrounding woods, and playing in the brook in summer."

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

"… As the sun sets and day turns to night Children play board games by candle light Although the ice storm caused bad weather It brought families and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"He continued to play at the high school for over fifty years, accompanied by pianist Addie Kaler Vaill."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"The sea has always played an important part of the survival of MDI. Generations of men and women have worked the sea to support their families."

Mount Desert Island Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"He was a great man because he went through war playing the drums and then taking care of his wife and eight children."

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"People came to learn how to play, and Flash in the Pans Community Steel Band was created. Kneisel Hall, Blue Hill, Kneisel HallBlue Hill…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"Phebe was now 28. They had three children at the old Morgan Bay Road farm property: Lemuel (eventually a stonecutter in Brooksville who had 11…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"Thespian students could participate in one-act plays, and in the 1950's, the high school added the Future Homemakers of America, National Honor…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"Children had to learn how to ski at a young age. When you got older and better at skiing you were able to use long skis that were more advanced."

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"Two of the tintypes show the same pair of ladies playing chess. In a third tintype, as a defiant gesture toward Maine’s prohibition laws, two young…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"… and The Farmington Public Library Jacob Abbott played a major role in the development of education for both men and woman in the town of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… close-knit and rely on each other at work and at play. USRC Louis McLane, built as USS Delaware in 1861Northeast Harbor Library Around 1870…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… weaving baskets and, of course, socializing and playing games. Trying out blubber, 1880Abbe Museum In cast-iron pots blackened by years of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"Houses at Asticou from the Scrapbook of Mary L. "Mame" SavageNortheast Harbor Library Hilltop House FloorplanNortheast Harbor Library The Big…"

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

"In the 18th and 19th centuries, when many children seldom went to school, if at all, the homework they were given was limited to rote memorization."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"Desert Island's summer residents have always played an important role in the character of the small coastal community."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Men frequently died at sea, and often children did not survive to adulthood. This kind of hardship bred a kind of interdependence often seen on…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"… in the soil? It must have been some children playing here years ago. As she kept digging, she uncovered more and more."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… and, in the evening, the Inn’s own orchestra played at dinner and dances. During the early years of the twentieth century, upscale cottages were…"