Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"“Grasses of a Salt Marsh.” Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1895. Moulton, Augustus."

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

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

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"The apparatus of the department appeared to be in good order, and the personnel are certainly most promising."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"What they did not know was that the fire was spreading very quickly throughout the block. It had spread all the way from the stables to Percy's…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… years passed before Hampden’s first fire department opened. Hampden boasts the first Masonic Lodge in the vicinity; organized under the name…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 1 of 5

"On February 15th, 1979, it caught fire due to the heating system. The fire started in the store and it spread to the rest of the hall."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… an emergency, like a fire, you couldn’t call the fire department. Before telephones came to Lincoln many people wrote letters to each other, or…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Fire Department, Swan's Island, ca. 1972Swan's Island Historical Society With no larger boat to transport vehicles, for a period of time anyone…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… hotels, general stores, milinery stores, fire department, sawmills, churches, schools, parks, doctors, golf course, social buildings, and garages."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… photo below, Abe Morris, Manager of Koritsky's Department Store, on the left and Gordon Crockett, right, are inside Crockett's Bakery on Elm Street…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"The Maine Department of Marine Resources manages lobster fishing within a three-mile boundary of the coast, working closely with the Atlantic States…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… collector, budget committee, a police force, fire department, highway department, water district, sewer district, highway department, and librarian."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"… college and then worked full time in several departments learning the manufacturing process. His next position was in sales, which led to positions…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… one who purchased the property that the Bath Fire Department was built on, which housed the #8 truck and the City of Bath water tanks. James C."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… the Whig and Courier gave a further report of the fire: The fire was discovered in the store of M.B."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… years passed before Hampden’s first fire department opened. Hampden boasts the first Masonic Lodge in the vicinity, organized under the name…"

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

"The Blue Hill Volunteer Fire Department, established in 1910, used horses to pull its equipment until purchasing its first motorized vehicle in 1929."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Along with these national chain stores, two local department stores (Senter’s and Bath Department Store), several men’s clothing stores and beauty…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"Many large department stores left Bath for Brunswick and Cook's Corner. Also in 1959, passenger train service on the MCRR was discontinued."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… the maritime law enforcement arm of the Treasury Department, morphed into the U. S. Coast Guard, Yeaton later became known as the "Father of the…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"The Corporation also subsidized the fire department and police department. Eventually it provided the first street and traffic lights."

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

"… Historical Society The Guilford Fire Department was organized in 1893 and was comprised of 16 men and their equipment which consisted of linen…"