Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… of English and French North America, and all the old hatreds and arguments crossed from the Old World into the New with vicious alacrity."

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… resident, who arrived at McAuley with a two-year old daughter, successfully transitioned out of the program, earned a college degree, and started…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"Administration transferred from the old Weeks House to the larger Payson house on Deering and State Streets in 1927, with Weeks transforming into a…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"Construction of a new office on the site of the old office began almost before the last ember died. Lincoln Area Hit by Flood Lincoln is a unique…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"… of historical material is kept in the Old Yellow School House & Museum on Sound Drive. Here, the records of island history are fully cataloged…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"What was schooling like? I went to school in Thomaston. We don’t have the teachers we had then that we do now."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"However, this old church with its steeple that houses that old, melodious brass bell is still a beacon of hope to all who seek respite within its…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… that unlike most years, when the very young and old suffered the most, the people most likely to die were aged 20-40, because this strain triggered…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Westport Island History Committee

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Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"The second fatality was John Scribner, a 70 year old cobbler, who was killed at the corner of Exchange and State Streets when a wall from the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"Hugh J. Chisholm II was now seventy years old and had served as President of the Oxford Paper for 44 years."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Cohen School Howard House, Bangor, 1869Bangor Public Library "We came to a little river near which it was necessary to anchor, as we saw before…"

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

"2017. "Temperance movement." Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 7 May. 2017…"

St. Croix Historical Society

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Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"Many fellow students at school looked up to him as a leader due to his natural leadership skills and great talents."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"The old building on the far left, destined for demolition, housed the contractor’s office during construction."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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

"… Gilman says, “ the factories went back to the old method of making and sealing cans” all by hand (p. 73)."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… packing sardines in 1931 when she was 14 years old. “Herring choker was the nickname given to the women who packed sardines,” she recalled."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… hope that they will take millions of dollars from old Passamaquoddy Bay – and we believe they will! With quantities of gold in the salt water there…"