Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"… depending on the flow of the current and how high or low the river was. Lincoln-Chester bridge opening, 1950Lincoln Historical Society The…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… part of the Eastern Steamship Company, offered high class transportation to rusticators and others wishing to travel to and from Maine."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"… money to give a wrist watch to each graduating high school senior. People also started going to the movies."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - About Us

"The Georges Valley High School is located in downtown Thomaston and serves children from the MSAD 50 district (comprising Cushing, Thomaston and St."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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

"As the fire spread towards Bangor High School, the principal and several students rescued 19 typewriters and all of the school’s trophies before the…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… mill built its reputation on the manufacturing of high-quality unbleached sulphite pulp and, in 1915, became known as the Katahdin Pulp and Paper…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… town to help shovel the streets.” On Tuesday 40 high school boys assisted 100 men. Blizzard, Lubec, January 1934 Lubec Historical Society…"

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"It was here, in 1952, that she opened the highly innovative Summer Dance Center and Summer Dance School in Hulls Cove."

Islesboro Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"High School Portland and Rumford Falls Sunday Paper Train August 1898, BuckfieldGreater Rumford Area Historical Society Buckfield was first…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… of Portland volunteered as a Candy Striper during high school, and then became Director of Volunteers in 1979."

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… a social studies teacher at Catherine McAuley High School. In 1986, Sister Miriam was asked to change her sabbatical plans to undertake a research…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"established in Lubec • First Lubec High School class graduates (1897) 1900s 1900 • Census results – 3,005 1902 • Lubec Water & Electric District…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… minor league, college and high school basketball, high school and college graduations, fairs fair events circuses, concerts, ice shows, theatrical…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Fresnel Lens 62" High X High technology of the 1850s, a great era of lighthouse construction dictated a new solid brick tower, equipped with the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"He observed a growing demand for high gloss papers. The new Maine Coated Paper Company. was organized in 1913 with six single coating machines."

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

"… coated papers showed that a new wide high speed machine was required. The skyline shortly started changing in Rumford with No."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… school for boys and girls in grades six through high school. When Hannibal Hamlin was still young, he really wanted to become a lawyer."

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… Red Men) Band marched, followed by the Eastport High School Cadets, and as listed in the program “Float of Cobscook Tribe.” Eastern Star…"

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House Text by Dirigo High Students and Donna Towle Images contributed by Dixfield Historical Society Dixfield House…"

Westport Island History Committee

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