Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Reed Hardings neighborhood, Hampden, ca. 1833

"Reed Hardings neighborhood, Hampden, ca. 1833 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"… forge iron fittings were as plentiful as today’s neighborhood corner stores. Steam mills and blockmakers were located at both ends of Water Street…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"John sold this store business and building to his brother George in 1898, who, with the help of his father moved the structure back 75 feet from the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 1 of 3

"He would play football and baseball with the neighborhood kids. Usually his time spent alone was either studying, reading a book, or doing chores."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"… and an effort by the residents of the beach neighborhoods to separate themselves from the rest of the city further fueled this sense of anger…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"There were also two billiards halls and the Neighborhood House. During the 1920s, as the village grew, business on Main Street changed hands and the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… Hampden   Part 2, pages 74-138 Reed Hardings neighborhood, Brewer; jobs with Dr. Increase Sanger, Ezekiel Hopkins   Part 3, pages 139-194…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Primary and intermediate school, Bangor, 1865

"… area repeatedly petitioned for a school in the neighborhood. His eldest daughter, Ada, began going to the school on Dec. 17, 1855."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations

"… add an important record of buildings, neighborhoods, individuals, and events to Martin's written commentaries -- and are important as folk art as…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"… education, business, inventions, family life, neighborhoods, and almost all other aspects of 19th century in the Bangor area."

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

"… the Fire House was constructed (1903), The Neighborhood House (1906) and the Northeast Harbor Library and Reading Room (1882)."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… built them/Have long since passed away. Separate Neighborhoods By the late nineteeth century, Surry was a “ meandering mix of isolated hinterlands…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"… student Walking Tour of Historic Summer Street No neighborhood is more reminiscent of Hampden’s 19th century past than that of Summer Street…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… on until the mid 1960s, the Savage family and neighborhood of Asticou dove head first into and played a key role in the hospitality business on…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"… interiors of businesses and schools, gardens, neighborhoods, his inventions, fashions, his children, his interest in dance, and his friends…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"… was owned and run by many of the farmers in the neighborhood, each running a certain length of time each season, or until a sufficient amount of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Ben and Natalie Butler recorded history of area neighborhoods. These “pilgrimages”, as they were called, allowed interested citizens to experience…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… a commodious set of buildings” in the Holley neighborhood. His son Henry carried on furniture building in the village."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… mile's distance would attend classes in their own neighborhoods. Just ½ mile north of Dunn's Corner is Crockett's Corner, a quiet crossroads that…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… Bangor expanded and the city planned for new neighborhoods with parks included. By 1890, Bangor's population approached 20,000."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… with the number of students and the wealth of the neighborhood it served. (Old Town Reports with Superintendent’s Report) Farmington…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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