Maine Memory Network

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

"As a large crowd gathered to watch the disaster unfold, the fire consumed the Public Library’s collection of 70,000 volumes, valued at $300,000 at…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"They were much larger than the crowded tents that buttoned together.Bangor Historical Society Some of the Artilery and Cavilry have been furnished…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… them the heat and the seasonal epidemics of the crowded cities. Blue Hill Inn construction, Blue Hill, 1892Blue Hill Historical Society The…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"… is about the size of a train and it’s so crowded that you can’t move very much. Sometimes people push others and I am worried about getting pushed…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… chosen to unveil the statue before the largest crowd ever assembled in Scarborough. In 1936, she financed the tomb at Black Point Cemetery and…"

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… at the time, the disease rampaged through the crowded streets of Dublin that year, at one point claiming 600 lives per day."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"Soldiers serving in the military in crowded encampments were also hard hit. Of the 1,032 Mainers who died during the war, over half died of the flu."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - About the Project

"An overflow crowd stayed to listen to the entire hour-long documentary. Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold has aired several times on public…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… Lubec, 1962 Lubec Historical Society A crowd of 5,000 pressed forward to see dedication of the long-awaited solid route between the two friendly…"

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

"… William Allen of Lubec, was greeted by a festive crowd gathered at the new International Steamship Company wharf."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… ISLAND Preferring to get away from the madding crowd on Islesboro, some of the early settlers chose to build homesteads on 700 Acre Island."

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

"Crowds increased because the fair grew from a single midway to a double. The exhibit hall is also in a different place then it was originally."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"An estimated crowd of 25,000 watched him defeat world champion Margaret Dillon and competitor Directum J in three consecutive heats at the Island…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… The Portland Brass Band accompanied them and crowds cheered as they marched along. At the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railway depot on Commercial…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"Quite a crowd of men, women and children collected on the brow of the hill near the residence of H. B. Stoyell, Esq."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… of about 4000 each and an average valuation crowding well up toward a million dollars. Each one of these towns is well supplied with handsome…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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