Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"He came to Lincoln when he was 44 years old. He was the oldest of nine kids. His brother’s names were: Samuel, Jonathan, Nicholas, David, and William."

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

"Neighborhood House in Northeast Harbor Mount Desert Island Historical Society Former state senator and Mount Desert High School star, Dennis Damon…"

Westbrook Historical Society

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

"… around 1864, at which time it was occupied by an old grist mill. Mr. Mountford built a new saw and grist mill and increased the water power by…"

Windham Historical Society

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"The old Queen’s Hospital buildings were kept for housing and classrooms for the 140 students then enrolled in the School of Nursing."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Memorial Library

"Ingersoll who was the first librarian. Also, how it has looked in the past, like it was originally in houses until the building was created."

L.C. Bates Museum/Good Will-Hinckley

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Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… don’t feel like that is a good price, but she is old and she has helped me in the past, so I’ll give her a break."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"The passenger rail first went from Old Town to Lincoln, and was later expanded to Bangor. The rail was used by sports teams to go to out of town…"

Friendship Museum

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… and Penobscot Indians, were members of the old Wabanaki Confederacy, the traditional adversaries of the Iroquois."

Bangor Public Library

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Jonathan Fisher Memorial

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Sanford-Springvale Historical Society

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Islesboro Historical Society

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Cumberland Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Emergency Generators X The old boiler building now houses emergency automatic-start generators and telemetry equipment."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"A fifty-year old community of black and multi-race families was destroyed. Six months later, the State sold Malaga to the highest bidder for sixteen…"

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

"In 1911 this building housed both the elementary and high schools. Click on the photo and zoom in to view the outsized portraits of Maine Governor…"

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"In 1891 he hired twenty- year-old Harry C. Wilkinson, who quickly demonstrated an extraordinary talent for architectural rendering."