Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"He was a well-known man in his hometown for doing such a heroic act. In 1996, the U.S. Navy named a Roll-on/Roll-off cargo ship U.S.N.S."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"You hand out your rag bag, and the man collects the contents. The Rag Man, as many called him, would come every month to gather the extra clothes…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"Man wearing Masonic regalia, ca. 1860Maine Historical Society Fraternal orders enjoyed widespread popularity in nineteenth century Maine, and many…"

Historic Hallowell - Days 6 & 7

"The sources of this deadly gas turned out to be none other than a generator recently installed. The man had not yet known that this dangerous gas was…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - North Church

"… this to say: "Our Lord said ’Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.’ John 15:13."

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"Weather resistant clothing is also the feature of a tintype of a young man in a large overcoat with a scarf wrapped around his neck."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 2 of 6

"… returned to Mount Desert in 1922 as a business man with extensive family responsibilities. It was early in this pivotal time back on the island…"

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place

"… Free Library Nearly 400 years later another man stood on the hillside overlooking the Kennebec and reflected on what had attracted him to…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnny Stringer ~ A Character of Industry

"… not remember Johnny Stringer--the queer little man with a large head and body set upon very short legs, who came from over the sea to make his home…"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… March by Ben Axleman Benedict Arnold was a great man. He was extremely courageous, a brilliant leader, and extraordinarily smart."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Phair House, the Bellstead and the Social Security Building

"Phair was a Presque Isle pioneer and a wealthy man. Phair was known as the “Starch King” because he was in the potato starch business."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 7 of 13

"… right was taken on the Laurence Park farm in 1950. It shows two men loading barrels and one man setting the barrels in place on the truck body"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Thomaston Academy

"… the new members was Henry Jackson Knox, now a man around 50 and thoroughly ashamed of the years wasted in dissipation."

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

"Bangor Public Library, Bangor, ME. Microfilm. Manning, Warren H. and The Civic Improvement Committee. Bangor City Plan: The Burned District."

Life on a Tidal River - Exhibits

"The eighth exhibit, William S. Cohen, the Man and the School, was created during the 2012-2013 school year."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"… abundance, it is no wonder that humans have lived and flourished here for as long as man has walked these lands--about 12,000 years ago. Next..."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Design for rustic fence, gate, Bangor, 1867

"… "Of all the thing beautifull and convenient a mans house barn and gates should constitute three, well the fourth, his cellar the fifth his grounds…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hampden Town House, 1849

"… when our Soldiers receivd orders that the first Man that fired a round should have his head cut off." He added later that the building was torn…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Thomas White Dry Good Emporium, Bangor, 1864

"… was a perfect hell in his store or house." The man in the drawing is White. The items on the sidewalk are a bale of soldiers' blankets and a bale…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store, Center Street, Bangor, 1862

"… I have coppied a sketch made by a lovesick man who came along July 20 1862 dressed in dirty ragged clothes sitting on the high ways by the fences…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin Sr. home, Ellsworth, 1823

"… Cromwell, England, and came to Maine as a young man. The senior Martin worked as a tailor. He married Anna Stratton in 1822 and they settled in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dr. Charles Snell, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… his figure so large as he should be for he is a large man." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Cornet Band member, 1864

"… pants cap about way between a navy and a fighting man pants trimmed with gold cordon the seems The coat of arms on the front of the cap a circle…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Marcellus Emery, Bangor, ca. 1864

"… Description John Martin (1823-1904), a Union man, drew an illustration of Marcellus Emery, a Confederate supporter and Democrat, who published a…"