Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin homestead, Bangor, ca. 1864

"… of the house and grounds -- showing the improvements he made. A commentary that accompanies the drawing in "John Martin's Journal," which he began…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"Improved water and rail transport speeded and increased distribution of raw materials, finished goods—and fashion news—to remote or newly settled…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Mall on West Main Street

"… 2008Thomaston Historical Society In 1803 road improvements were made resulting in the straightening of the Old County Road (currently Route One)."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Atkins House, Jefferson Street, Bangor, 1851

"The journal describes what Martin did to improve the property after someone built on the next lot, right against his house."

John Martin: Expert Observer - F. A. Soule House, 130 Center Street, Bangor, 1852

"He made numerous improvements to the house and grounds, which he details in other portions of the journal."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"… technological advancements during World War I improved the ability to photograph from airplanes, and the modern aerial photograph was born."

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 2 of 2

"It started to improve in the 1930s. In the 1940s they added a new addition and they went from making $1 million a year to $80 million a year because…"

Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh

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Fryeburg Public Library

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 1 of 2

"The companies worked hard to innovate and improve themselves, but the post-war economies and business environment were setting them on a path of…"

Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends

"In 1965 the Hallowell Improvement Association was one of the first historic preservation organizations established in the state, and five years later…"

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

"Microfilm. Manning, Warren H. and The Civic Improvement Committee. Bangor City Plan: The Burned District. Bangor, ME: May 22, 1911."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"… educational, and charitable organizations to improve themselves and their community as well. More children were being educated in public or…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 2 of 3

"… not allotted the usual 100 acres settlers lot for improvements, receiving instead 30 acres. Giles Webber's store, Blue Hill, 1889Jonathan…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarbrough Middle School

"At the same time, improved access to their local history and natural resources turns students into stewards of their environments and community."

Presque Isle Air Museum

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4

"By the end of the 1920s, rayon had been improved and developed to make a wide range of pleasing and modest priced fabrics."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 4 of 5

"… us the Sagamores or Successors or People from improving our Ancient Planting grounds nor from hunting in any of the said land being not inclosed…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"… were various proposals backed by the Village Improvement Society to change Main Street. In 1927, the society, along with the town engineer…"

Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections

"… was thought to provide browsing capability and improved access, and while misguided from a modern perspective, met the immediate needs of a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"… Island Historical Society Eventually things improved -- aided by such things as the development of the granite industry."

Mt. Desert Island Hospital

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Historic Clothing Collection - Site Overview

"… to the effect that they may yet be filled or improved. It is noted, that through the course of change, fashion styles overlap."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 7 of 7

"… have to compensate residents for the value of “improved” land. Squatters’ murder of a surveyor named Paul Chadwick in 1809 along the Kennebec River…"