Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"About The Project Our team is comprised of Surry Elementary School, the Surry Historical Society, and several Surry residents."

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"History of Surry Surry Historical Society Text written by Lynn Bonsey, with sections adapted from Surry, Maine: An informal History by Osmond…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"Surry Opera Company Opera Company's Tenth Anniversary festival schedule, Surry, 1994Surry Historical Society Text by Kate Mrozicki Images…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Became national leader in smoked herring production into 1880s 1824 • Solomon Cushing conducts survey of town of Lubec • Freemasons opened lodge 1830…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… innovations allowed the centralization of can production in the first decade of the new century."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"However, as mass production took over the industry, particularly from foreign countries where labor wages were much cheaper, netting has become much…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"This “Maine-first” policy dealt with Maine products, Maine problems, politics, and people from the typical "man on the street," to the Governor of…"

Kennebunkport Historical Society

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… Bath Opera House reopening, 1926Maine Maritime Museum In the late 19th and early 20th century, theaters were becoming a new and exciting…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… build them, while Canadians from Quebec and the Maritimes came to labor in them. Google Maps tells us that the distance between Byron and…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Chase Grocery Store, Bath, ca. 1895Maine Maritime Museum Before the drugstore, a well-respected grocery store owned by Hiram L."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"106-118 Front Street, Bath, ca. 1950Maine Maritime Museum The building that houses Wilson's Drug Store was built after the fire in 1837 and was…"

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

"The late nineteenth-century decline of Maine’s maritime industry was the most poignant feature of the novels of Blue Hill-born Mary Ellen Chase."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"While the mission of the institution concentrates on the maritime heritage and culture of the state, the pioneers who founded MMM and the resulting…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… economic difficulty to a region dependent upon maritime trade. By 1814, the tiny town of Bangor with 850 people had seen its share of hard times."

Acadian Archives

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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