Maine Memory Network

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"The impressive 1909 watercolor for the Portland City Hall was produced by the principal architects, Carrere and Hastings of New York for a project in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle’s Historic Fire Station

"When the municipal offices relocated next door in 1960, the building continued to serve as the fire and police station until the current facility was…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"The other part of his job was working in the office. He did lots of paperwork. In his last ten to fifteen years of his career, he had more…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Company building, Presque Isle, 1921

"… Description Arthur Gould built an office building for two of his companies, the Aroostook Valley Railroad (AVR) and Maine Public Service…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"… Free Library? X Front Street, From Post Office Square, Bath. ca. 1930Patten Free Library A year-long learning experience that has…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Train Station, Presque Isle, ca. 1908

"Walls floors and ceiling of office are wooden. Stove in middle of room has coal scuttle next to it. Large desk on right is high, requiring clerk to…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Stairs-Beckwith Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1950

"… destroyed in 2000 and were replaced with doctors' offices. The photograph was taken around 1950. Many farms had aerial photographs taken so that…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3

"Dorothy worked at the racing office about the same time. Dorothy thinks one thing that has changed about harness racing is racers need to go faster…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"… school, he was drafted into the army as a medical officer. Jeremiah went to Germany, where he was a dental hygienist."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Police Department

"Hallowell Police Department Police, City Marshal and Officers, Hallowell, 1888Courtesy of Sumner A."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

"Upon leaving school he entered the employ of the City of Portland as rod man in the Department of Public Works."

McArthur Public Library

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… Joyce was appointed postmistress She held the office until 1897 when she was succeeded by Llewellyn V Joyce In 1897 a new office was established in…"

Historic Hallowell - Uniforms and Expenses

"Police officers wore light undershirts and a heavier warmer jacket to cover them, and these two items were normally tan and brown.The fabrics were…"

South Portland Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"… day, it is based in New Hampshire, keeping many cities' and towns' muster traditions going. Hallowell musters were probably sponsored or were…"

Mercy Hospital - 100 Years of Mercy Hospital

"… with one of the greatest health crisis in the city's history, the pandemic known as the Spanish Influenza."

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

"Police, City Marshal and Officers, Hallowell, 1888. 2011. Maine Historical Society. 13 Apr. 2011 <http://www.mainememory.net/bin/Detail?ln=35062>."

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

"… to separate themselves from the rest of the city further fueled this sense of anger, animosity, and negativity that hung in the air throughout the…"

Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library

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Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… big fire On April thirtieth day Down in Bangor city Not many miles away? (Young 1) Fairbanks Building on fire, Bangor, 1911Bangor Public…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Firemen’s musters and parades were important public events in nineteenth century Maine cities and towns, in which local fire companies created pride…"

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"… because it was a very important part of the city's history. Hallowell Cotton Mill, Academy Street, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Henry Pope Clearwater Ph.D.~ Patient Medicine Mass Marketer

"His business at one point occupied an entire city block, employed 100 production workers, and 20 hand-copiers who addressed envelopes off-site."