Maine Memory Network

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… with death rates among the infected running as high as 20%. Sumner Cobb writes from Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky, 1918 A letter from…"

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

"Lubec’s small but highly skilled school band provided music while the Navy destroyer John Paul Jones was anchored in the harbor."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"Jernegan explained that the unusually high tides, swift currents and good boat service between Eastport and Lubec would facilitate successful…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… competitive sports teams and, in 1965, the Lubec High School Marching Band traveled to Washington D.C."

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"Very high tides and strong winds made for perfect flood conditions. It took only 15 minutes for the water to flow over the banks."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… an art teacher at the Rumford/Mountain Valley High School for 37 years. Currently the New Pennacook Arts Center, with rotating exhibits in the Tech…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… on the Hill Dixfield Congregational Church, High Street, Dixfield, 2006.Dixfield Historical Society Text by Donna Towle Images from…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"Reflecting the high esteem in which he was held by his fellow citizens, he was buried in Capitol Park, where his grave is marked by a granite tomb…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Doughty School; and Priscilla Soucie, School Library Media Specialist, William S. Cohen School Howard House, Bangor, 1869Bangor Public Library…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… constructed at the intersection of Centre and High Streets. And the Patten Free Library, which had been housed at various addresses in the downtown…"

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… in the era to competition, what were seen as high costs of materials and labor, and low profits."