Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast One of the last places on the Maine coast to be settled by the English was the Penobscot Bay…"

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier By Mrs. Snow's and Mr. Cole's 7th Grade Classes at Blue Hill Consolidated School John Edward Horton was born…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Looking for the Lost Cemetery

"Looking for the Lost Cemetery By Rick Sawyer How can an entire cemetery disappear? It would seem that it couldn't, but then where is it? The first…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"A New Look at an Old Painting Morning View of Blue Hill VillageJonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. by Tim Garrity The Reverend Jonathan Fisher's…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson Jonathan FisherJonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc."

Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!

"Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!   Blue Hill Bay, ca. 1910 To view our video welcome message, click on the image above: At “the head of the…"

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

"Long Island: The Forgotten Community Samuel Carter Homestead, Blue Hill, 1891Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc."

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

"Long Island: The Forgotten Community Brown & McAllister Granite Quarry, Blue Hill Bay, ca. 1890Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc."

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

"Long Island: The Forgotten Community By Rick Sawyer In the early days of the settlement of Maine many of the communities were located along the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Discover the Story of Blue Hill Boom and Bust in the 19th Century The first harvest was old growth timber."

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"The good thing is that no one was injured. The Hubbard Free Library was repaired about two months after the incident."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lillian Nordica, Farmington, ca. 1911

"… Lillian Nordic signed her photograph, "To the library, Lillian Nordica." The date is uncertain, but it is thought she presented it to the library…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Culture

"… Jean Oplinger With images from Farmington Public Library In "days of yore" the local library served as more than just a building with books."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Flora Brooks, Lying in Repose, 1922

"Brooks to the Farmington Public Library. When a gift was bestowed upon the library she received it as a mother would receive a gift for her child"."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"94 Front Street By Kyle Hietala The Building Front Street, in Bath, Maine has been one of the most densely packed business areas throughout the…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Project Partners

"… Caribou Public Library The Caribou Public Library was built in 1911 with the help of a generous donation from library philanthropist Andrew…"

Historic Hallowell - Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries

"1930Hubbard Free Library Milliken's Crossing, Looking north on Water Street, Hallowell, ca. 1933Hubbard Free Library They settled there…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Mildred Thomas and Harold Sawyer, ca. 1910

"It was later given to the Farmington Library by Mildred Thomas, a very generous donor to the library."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Invitation, Farmington, 1903

"… to the ceremonies dedicating the Cutler Memorial Library Building and its presentation to the Farmington Public Library Association, on Wednesday…"

Historic Hallowell - Contact Us

"… the following people: Sumner "Sam" Webber, Hallowell Historian - Email Mark Blythe, Hubbard Free Library Director - Email or call (207) 622-6582"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"Again, in 2010 the Guilford Memorial Library received national recognition by receiving a 4-Star rating."

Historic Hallowell - The Cotton Mill & The Johnson Shoe Company

"… era! Johnson Shoe Factory, Hallowell, 1900Hubbard Free Library Hallowell Cotton Mill, Academy Street, ca. 1885Hubbard Free Library"

Historic Hallowell - Row House

"1935Hubbard Free Library Row House, Looking north on Second Street, Hallowell, ca, 1935Hubbard Free Library"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Beulah Akeley, Librarian, ca. 1940

"Beulah worked at the library from 1927 to 1945. Later she and her husband George were caretakers at the Methodist church in Presque Isle."