Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"It has a wooden bay window that was added in 1909, and the bricks that make up the outer facade are painted green, yellow, and tan."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… the stables to Percy's Store, busting through the windows. Going the other way, down Centre Street, the fire was spreading towards the City Hall…"

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

"Before fathometers, lobstermen used greased window weights attached to twine to do this. Fishermen also used visual signs to note where to put a…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"… seated between a trompe l’oeil doorway and window. The window drapery is rendered in a manner reminiscent of those found in primitive portraits."

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place

"… how on another day in another century someone in homespun or dimity or calico stared out the window you are looking at. Next step in our journey"

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"Train Wreck, Hallowell, 1937Hubbard Free Library Train Wreck, Hallowell, 1937Hubbard Free Library They restored the library up so it looks…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 1 of 3

"… preferences prevailed over any dominant "in look." There were mini and maxi skirts, tailored pant suits and pants worn with any type of top."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"Looking into McCurdy’s in 1986 Jacob B. Pike, photo X A Pickling or Brining Shed was another building traditionally needed in a herring “stand,”…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"The building was built with bricks and had a slate roof. Slate was used a lot because of the slate quarry in Monson."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"New windows, lighting, heating and ventilation systems installed, and classrooms for the then 220 students would all be 700 square feet and renovated."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… nearby, or communicating in any way from the windows is unfavorably looked upon by well-bred persons and is strictly forbidden.” Students rose at 6…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"Clark Department Store (later Unobskey’s) on Water Street. Clicking on this picture then zooming in reveals the eleven-foot framed etching across the…"

Fryeburg Public Library

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

"Since that time additional changes have occurred. In 1912 the Baptists and Universalists voted to combine into the Congregational Union Church, with…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"As one writer described them, "The windows were jammed with dampness and years of dirt and grime and could not be opened to allow air to circulate."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"Now they just put whatever they have in there, something that is on sale, or even something that goes with the season."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"Dakin Sporting Goods Hunting And Fishing Window Display, Bangor, ca. 1937 Dakin's Sporting Goods sold a variety of equipment, including camping…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"Hardly a whole window casement in either mill was left. The big boilers in both mills were under water."

Prince Memorial Library

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"When the owners of the clothing saw the photo, the “girls had quite a time getting out of that fix.” Main Street looking west, Northeast Harbor…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"I remembered I broke out all kinds of windows in a building and my father made me go and redo all of them so I learned to cut glass."

Acadian Archives

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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