Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Farm Life

"She lived on a farm until she graduated from high school at 18. She then moved to Presque Isle to find a job. She found one at Newberry."

Lincoln, Maine - Wartime Lincoln

"… social-studies students at Mattanawcook Junior High School in Lincoln. The students spent hours researching their respective topics and compiling…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress

"Aaron Huntress drawing by Sarah Cook X If the school was never built, most of the people probably wouldn’t have lived here."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond

"… shut down entirely, its water level remained high year-round. The Quarry Pond has been used for swimming ever since."

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"Upon completing Bowdoin in 1937, he enrolled in the Department of Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"… interest in preserving the unique character of High Peaks communities and resources.” Local efforts such as the Strong Historical Society, High…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad

"Potato traffic hit an all-time high in 1930. The railroad hauled 899,300 tons of potatoes. Passenger service was discontinued in 1961 because of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 2 of 2

"… as a dairy farm inspector while my grandpa was in high school. Albert was old enough to help his father do the inspections once a month."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Duchess Anjoulene apple, Bangor, 1866

"… Below the apple, he wrote, "4 ft 8 1/2 inches high, Lowest branch 7 inches from the ground, apple & stems just 3 inches the fruit 4 inches from…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Elizabeth Blowers, Bangor, ca. 1864

"… is shown "In a Habit with no Bonnet & with high comb." Fashion -- for both men and women -- was one of Martin's interests."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"… LHS if it could be moved from its location at the high school to land across from the library that had been donated by Eastern Fine Paper Company…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"Frederick Tompson graduated from Portland High School in 1876 and immediately entered the office of Francis H. Fassett, the city’s leading architect."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store, Center Street, Bangor, 1862

"… dressed in dirty ragged clothes sitting on the high ways by the fences and sketching churches and various buildings on a roll of paper laid across…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Wood pile, 130 Center St., Bangor, ca. 1864

"… wood Pile 20 feet long 10 feet wide 7 feet high with row of Sweet Peas." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867

"… of large elms & butternut trees & surrounded by a high buck thorn hedge I observed the building I have given on Page 75 and the more I viewed it…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"… wrote of the building of the church, "Land being high and the society being in majority poor it was difficult to purchase a desirable lot but a mud…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ira Fish

"The school was one story high. It was 18 feet by 22 feet. The windows were 7 feet by 9 feet. Ira supplied all the lumber for the school."

John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"… was at its highest point about "poor man one mile high in the air all alone sustained by a cloth bag filled with gas." The journals and scrapbooks…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gravenstein apple, Bangor, 1866

"… I drew & measured the tree, it was 6 ft 2 inches high and 5 feet 1/2 inch to the lower branches. In the spring of 1866 the was no part of it larger…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"… Block in Rockland (1892), Brunswick High School (1892), and the McLain School in Rockland (1892)."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"This bridge would be built on high ground at the river bend below the village. The citizens were appalled at the high cost, but most knew they needed…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"People Who Called Scarborough Home Indian Jane Wackwarreska, Scarborough, ca. 1651Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Uphannum was the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering Lobster Fishing The first recorded lobster catch was in 1605 when crew from the Archangel, captained by…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering Text by Bruce Thurlow Images from Scarborough Historical Society, Bruce Thurlow, Bill Bayley and Don…"