Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - First Baptist Church, Bangor, ca. 1850

"First Baptist Church, Bangor, ca. 1850 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin of Bangor…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor High School, Abbott Square, 1865

"Bangor High School, Abbott Square, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Noted Bangor architect…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"Division Street School, Bangor, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904)…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The south side and west end…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Interior plans, Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"Interior plans, Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The plans of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Primary and intermediate school, Bangor, 1865

"Primary and intermediate school, Bangor, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The primary and…"

Windham Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… (700 people) were left homeless with only the clothes on their backs; 28 buildings had been destroyed; and the losses totaled $500,000."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"Office panel systems, constructed of cloth over metal frames were becoming popular at this time, and the newly developed flame retardant process…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"It was said that the lines of clothing, hardware, shoes, and ship chandlery were the best east of Bangor. Lubec stores seemed primitive by comparison."

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

"… cooking, tending children, washing and mending clothes, skinning and stretching hides, braiding sweetgrass, preparing ash strips, weaving baskets…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… 80 years.Farmington Historical Society Lowell’s Store, a general store was located in West Farmington."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… By 1870, Surry was producing goods for the clothing, building, and shipping industries, plus it housed a carding mill, tannery, stave mill, shingle…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"It contained a post office, a clothing store, and a drug store on the first floor, and the bedrooms and the kitchen on the second floor, with…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… downtown fire, one which consumed a clothing store, caused little more than a hiccup, as the store rebuilt immediately."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"There was a gristmill and a blacksmith shop. Dunn's Corner was active until around 1943, when the store closed and the railroad no longer made stops…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… and worked in various enterprises, managing a clothing store for a time in Boston. In 1869 he married Ellen Maria Marston, daughter of the sea…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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