Maine Memory Network

Friendship Museum

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"The same chunky square styling seen in outerwear modeled by Hollywood celebrities in late 1942 and 1943 is found in the four-piece ensemble comprised…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… the various members of the fraternity, called the Model Assembly. For Martin, dancing was sport, exercise – and a means to demonstrate proper…"

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

"… and online commerce have supplanted the old model of the village center, and that the island is now one big village with people commuting via…"

Wilson Museum

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Penobscot Marine Museum

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Fryeburg Public Library

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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… behind the High School on High Street. The Model School Model School Teacher: Miss Johnson First Row Student: Cecil LuceFarmington Historical…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… Abolitionist Named Humanistic Jewish Role Model for the Year.” Seth and the City, BDN Maine Blog Network, 7 Jan."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"Building on the model that his son created when he founded The Trustees of Reservations in Massachusetts, Charles William Eliot worked with George…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"His family used to travel in a Model T Ford on the dirt road that was US Route 1 from Falmouth Foreside."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… of this class of the employees and were models of their kind. They were, as far as possible, real homes, supplied with home comforts, and adapted…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… Mechanics Institute, his final creation for his “model town” was intended for educational and recreational activities, and provided opportunities…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 1 of 4

"Chisholm addressed in his plans for a model town, expressed in a letter to Charles A. Mixer, resident engineer with the Rumford Falls Power Company."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"Mother McAuley modeled the Sisters of Mercy coat of arms on the original Order insignia. Students were housed at the school, and between 1920 and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… Jacob had started on the property, built bridges modeled after famous bridges throughout the world, added shrubs and trees creating a virtual…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Model T. Ford by E.R. Spurling's Store, Swan's Island, ca. 1925Swan's Island Historical Society Island stores received regular supplies from the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… General Henry Knox used this structure as a model for the Knox Mansion in Thomaston. Swan sought out laborers (preferably Protestant families) to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… intense, the teams’ players were local heroes and models for younger kids. It was all about town spirit and bragging rights."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… in the hands of each fifth grade student, a model program for the nation. The medical facility was renovated and a physician’s office added; a new…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… "monitors," maintaining safety, being a role model to the student body, collecting payments for destruction of property, and teaching the wrongs of…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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