Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northeast Airlines DC-3, Presque Isle, ca. 1945

"… Description A Northeast Airlines DC-3 is parked at the post World War II Presque Isle Air Terminal Building on outer Mechanic Street bordering…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 4 of 13

"eliminating the need for a rider to operate the controls. Larry Park talks about a two-row digger."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Governor's Potato Plot, Presque Isle, 1959

"… Isle Airport and the Presque Isle Industrial Park. SNARK missile information provided by the Presque Isle Air Museum View additional…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato import protest, Presque Isle, 1982

"… of Aroostook County potato farmers filled the parking lot of the Presque Isle Agricultural Center on December 16, 1982."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 7 of 13

"… picture on the right was taken on the Laurence Park farm in 1950. It shows two men loading barrels and one man setting the barrels in place on the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 13 of 13

"Former farmer Larry Park talks about how a potato harvester works.  SOURCES Richard W. Judd” AROOSTOOK A Century of Logging in Northen Maine”…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 5 of 13

"Former farmer Larry Park describes how to section the field for pickers  Once the basket is full, it is dumped into a nearby barrel."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"Eventually, the building was torn down to make a parking lot. The people associated with the Dreamland were Samuel Davis and William H. Van Dorn."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"I remember one time one of the guys I worked with parked one on the sidewalk of Main Street. When they got here they had a protective film around…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 6 of 13

"… conditions are good, though, some potato pickers could fill 100 or more barrels per day Former farmer Larry Park talks about the barrel system."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 3 of 13

"Former farmer Larry Park talks about diggers and digger lags.  THE DIGGER EVOLVES Digger with Motor This one-row digger was entered in the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"… as late as the 1950s farmers hauled potatoes to starch factories. Former potato farmer Larry Park talks about starch factories in Presque Isle."

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

"Desert, Little Buttercup, Acadia, and Queen City of Bangor all running to and from this port.” City of Richmond steam ship, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"… in the deep water of Somes Sound and shipped to cities along the Atlantic Coast.Mount Desert Island Historical Society Eventually things improved…"

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

"… isolated island far from Boston and the major cities of the time. Dr. Kendall Kittridge ChairGreat Harbor Maritime Museum The women worked…"

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

"… including increased industrialization of northern cities in the United States such as Boston, New York, and Philadelphia."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"… were visitors who flocked to the island from cities, seeking relief from the noise and pollution of crowded urban life."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"appearance at Steinway Hall in New York City, after having studied at the Vienna Conservatory and in Paris under Leo Delibes, Joseph Massart, and…"

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

"… boarding the overnight train for New York City, to enlist the support of JDR Jr. to stop logging on land near Lower Hadlock Pond and adjacent to…"

Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"The City then applied to the National Park Service for recognition of a 205 acre parcel as a National Historic District."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Biddeford's Movers & Shakers

"… like Peirson's Lane, Sullivan Street or Clifford Park? What about those historical figures whose names are not remembered on sign posts or…"

South Portland Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"He died in New York City on July 8, 1912 at age 67. SOURCES: Hugh J. Chisholm’s Magic Town, 1882-1912, by Peter A."

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

"… and homes that were destroyed along French, Park and Center Streets were rebuilt, along with a synagogue on Center Street."