Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… weren’t home they would leave the money on the corner of the ice box and you would just leave the change."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"Stuffed into a dark and dusty corner, the buttons had not seen light since the Historical Society had received them from Mr. Varney."

Southwest Harbor Public Library

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

"… from today: no nearby doctors, hospitals, grocery stores or department stores. Long distance communication occurred by written letter and mail."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"At the corner of Elm Street West and the Main Road, Crosby and Stetson built a large brick warehouse (Hampden Historical Society 1976)."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"In 1847, he built a house for himself on the corner of Union and High Streets. Two months before he died in 1880, Thomas Lord summed up his life…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… store, filling station, a garage and 3 grocery stores on the main street and Lester Henderson had a small grocery store across the river on Route…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Patten Free Library

"X Also, there is a fountain in the southwest corner of the park called The Spirit of the Sea. But what was there beforehand? An earlier fountain…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… home is still standing today on the southwest corner of Elm Street where it meets the Main Road in Hampden."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"… weren’t home they would leave the money on the corner of the ice box and you would just leave the change."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… as East North Yarmouth, Walnut Hill, and Poland’s Corner were centered around the local churches or at intersections of travel lanes, where inland…"

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"Bowery Corner, an old intersection connecting various roads in the Severy Hill area, put up horses overnight en route to Dixfield Village, and a…"

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."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"The name of this store was the Chase-Em-In Tea Room. Little is known about the Tea Room. We do know that it sold gas and breakfast."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"Fred Titcomb's horses, load of hay, Falmouth Corner, early 1900sNorth Yarmouth Historical Society Request from Elizabeth B."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Using a very large boulder as the corner, they measured out six lots and drew lots for ownership. Each lot was 100 rods long and extended 1 mile from…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"Daniel was located at Backus Corner (now the intersection of Route 4 and the Holley Road). The Historical Society is fortunate to have two examples…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… was located in the Braeburn Building on the corner of Water and North Main Street. The new Guilford Memorial Library building was dedicated in 1909…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… “Church Under the Ledge” near the coast (at the corner of Gilman Road and Route 88 in present day Yarmouth). Rev."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… (Red Schoolhouse), Fairbanks, Holley, Knowlton’s Corner, Mosher Hill, Norton’s Flat, and Russell’s Mills."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… Penobscot left to serve their country in every corner of the globe. And Dow Field, as an embarkation point for the Army Air Forces, saw more than…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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