Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - This won't hurt a bit!

"… made use of it and was the first American physician, be it known, who applied the vaccine virus to the arm of a human subject in this country.""

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"Most other countries have laws against child labor too, but they are not always mandatory, and child labor is still a big issue everywhere."

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

"… distributed wholesale and retail throughout the country and as far away as Great Britain and Africa."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… Athletes Dan Simoneau born 1959: Olympic cross-country skier Seth Wescott born 1976: Two-time Olympic gold medalist and professional snowboarder…"

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

"… which was about four miles from her house in the country. Dorothy got involved with harness racing because her husband John enjoyed watching the…"

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

"… passenger aircraft and made “2 or 3” solo cross-country flights in a biplane. JJeremiah worked for Delta Air Lines for seventeen years."

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

"Many shirt collars all across the country were stiffened by Aroostook starch. Even as late as the 1950s farmers hauled potatoes to starch factories."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"… known as two of only seven millionaires in the country. Dry goods stores and specialty shops were in great number and merchants did a brisk…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat

"I love my schooling, but I love my country more. I will leave tomorrow.” “Henry, I am going to miss you."

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… one of the most important politicians in our country. William S. Cohen with parents Reuben and Clara Cohen, Bangor, ca. 1984Raymond H."

Guilford, Maine - EXHIBITS

"… extremely proud of all who have served our great country. We have an active American Legion, an outstanding and beautiful Veteran's Memorial, and…"

Patten Free Library

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Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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Hudson Museum

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Tate House Museum

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Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2

"… the case with, for example, a tattered wool country cloak found at a farm in Standish (pictured at left)."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… before they went to other states or even other countries. Ice harvesting was one of the most important jobs and industries along the Kennebec at…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… before they went to other states or even other countries. Ice harvesting was one of the most important jobs and industries along the Kennebec at…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"… the Civil War, which was fighting to keep the country together under President Lincoln. He mostly needed the money to pay the mortgage on his…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"… in honor of the men of Lincoln who served their country in the war which preserved the Union, destroyed slavery and maintained the Constitution…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… tennis, volleyball, skiing, snowshoeing, cross country, football, and soccer. The community remains very proud of its athletic teams, awards, and…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… we are loosing [sic] about as many in our country as they are in France.” Writing Foster just a week later, his friend Manola Gilman of Cumberland…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"The language and customs of three countries—Sweden, France and England—were subsequently all absorbed into the community."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"… town with languages and customs of three countries: Sweden, France, and England. The growth of the mills brought the French and the English into…"