Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"Images from Maine Historical Society and the Thomaston Historical Society. Maine State Prison Model, Thomaston, MaineThomaston Historical…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"Early Manufacturing Guilford of Maine Guilford Woolen Mill Finishing Room Crew, ca, 1890Guilford Historical Society In 1824, the first dam…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"Central Maine Radio Services & Sales was established. Temporary Foot Bridge, Guilford, 1954Guilford Historical Society In the early 1950’s the…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Welcome - Valkommen

"Maine officials actively recruited several hundred immigrants from Sweden who came and formed the nucleus of a vibrant Swedish community."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"… the date when the governor of Massachusetts (for Maine was part of that state until 1820) signed into law the Legislative Act on June 19th, 1811…"

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

"Maine Swedish Colony Maine's Swedish Colony Incorporated PO Box 50 New Sweden, ME 04762 New Sweden School The New Sweden School is a K - 8 school…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 4 of 4

"Lapham, Press of the Maine Farmer, Boston, MA. 1890; Hugh J. Chisholm’s Magic Town, 1882-1912, by Peter McKenna (Master’s Thesis); The Oxford Story…"

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

"… and zoom in to view the outsized portraits of Maine Governor Plaisted, left, and the late Maine elder statesman James G. Blaine."

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"… on image to view slideshow In pre-Civil war Maine, death was a frequent occurrence, especially taking the lives of infants and children."

Lincoln, Maine - Horse and Wagon, Lincoln, ca. 1900

"… Description Two men with a horse and wagon in Lincoln. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Lincoln, Maine - Paul Fleming, WW II, South Germany, 1945

"His service was mainly in Europe, fighting in the well-known Battle of the Bulge in Germany. He was discharged on February 14, 1946."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"… Introduction Drawn from the collections of the Maine Historical Society, Lubec Historical Society, Lubec Landmarks and private individuals."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"A document of the Maine Department of Parks and Lands states the facts bluntly. “West Quoddy Lighthouse was built at a time when the border between…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"“Living in two worlds: Rural Maine in 1930,” Maine Historical Society Quarterly 25 (Fall 1985): 58-87. Packard, Leonard O."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"Working in Maine Text by a student at Presque Isle Middle School Images from Maine Memory Network Successful hunt in the Aroostook Woods, ca."

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

"Then the blizzard descended, and went, leaving Main Street in this state near the Columbian Store. Blizzard, Lubec, January 1934Lubec Historical…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Olof Nylander, 1864-1943

"The following year, the Nylander Museum was dedicated to Olof in Caribou, Maine. He directed this museum until he died on July 29, 1943 in Caribou."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"… Dixfield Records "The Early History of Dixfield Maine", DHS and Dixfield Bicentennial Committee, 1976 George J."

Lincoln, Maine - Paul Fleming and gun crew, WW II, 1945

"… Artillery Gun Batallion which fought at the Battle of the Bulge. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Lincoln, Maine - Evelyn Jenkins, Lincoln Memorial Library, ca. 1954

"… entertaining a group of schoolchildren from Enfield in the 1950s. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Welcome to the Western Foothills

"… to the Western Foothills X Western Maine's beauty can be found in its mountains, rivers, scenery, and especially its people."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"Land speculators swarmed all over Maine surveying its natural resources. They plotted access to the Boston markets through Maine’s rivers and ports."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Eureka Hall, Stockholm

"Work Cited ECHOES: The Northern Maine Journal, Issue No. 17, August 1992, Volume V, Number 3 "Eureka Hall," Anderson, Gordon A., p."

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943

"… front window of Weatherbee's Hardware Store on Main Street during the war. The back of the photo mentions some of the soldiers featured in the…"