Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"Daguerreotype of Horatio Woodman in fur, ca. 1850Maine Historical Society An element of mystery surrounds a daguerreotype of an unidentified young…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Historical Society

"… grade classes visit the museum for a morning of hands-on activities and discussion of displayed artifacts."

Early Maine Photography - Art

"… the daguerreotype would not replace the artist’s hand, but instead become a tool to be employed by artists."

Historic Hallowell - This won't hurt a bit!

"He immediately 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…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"The town retains a handful of 18th century structures and about 400 original 19th century structures - including Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"They had to do everything by hand or in bad quality. They only had abacuses (old-fashioned calculators), stereoscopes (a hand-held viewing instrument…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - North Church

"The window shows black hands passing/receiving a torch and some weapons of war which might have something to do with the Civil War, which ended just…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 2 of 2

"Josiah lost a hand in an explosion while supervising the blasting of a passage through the rapids in the Adroscoggin river."

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"In 1886, the building and company were handed over to Samuel R. Payson of Boston. In 1887, Payson changed the name to Kennebec River Mills."

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"Patients were kept “under the stairs” in St. Luke’s pavilion, and along the sun parlor. The fundraising campaign for the expansion demonstrated…"

Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"As technology evolved pumping devices, known as "hand tubs", were created which were able to propel a spray of water upon fires."

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

""Oint-Ease," Dr. Clearwater, Hallowell, ca. 1942Hubbard Free Library Perhaps his best known product was one said to be helpful in reducing rheumatic…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… County remembers the tragedy, the anguish, the helpless torment. An heirloom of horror, handed down even unto the schoolchildren of today."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"His text, some hand-written and some newspaper clippings that he or others wrote, provides details about the iron-making process, the business end of…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"… control of the area was rightfully in the hands of the governor of Nova Scotia, not Massachusetts, and approved the scheme under these terms."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"… other islanders and just as they gave each other a helping hand when exposed to danger they also found happiness and confidence in each other."

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Franco-American Heritage Center at St. Mary's

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Maine Maritime Museum

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Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"One of the dresses likely originated in the 1740s. Updated to an 1760-1775 style, it features a square neckline, fitted cone shaped bodice, straight…"

Fifth Maine Regiment Museum

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"On June 21, 1814, Fisher writes “About 100 hands collected & assisted in raising my house, with plank sides, which went up well & no person was…"

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"… be no jobs, they would have to build houses from hand and they would have to cut the wood by hand. Weatherbee Hardware helped with supplies to…"

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

"Then she hung up. Descendants, on the other hand, while not always eager to talk and be photographed, were generally quite the opposite of what we…"