Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Commercial article on World's Fair contest

"The person in each category -- one from Bangor, one from outside -- won the trip. John and Clara Martin's youngest child, Mabelle Martin (1866-1899)…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Training School, Presque Isle, ca. 1920

"Students are standing outside of school for photograph. This building was destroyed by fire in March of 1927 and was replaced soon after by a brick…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Stairs-Beckwith Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1950

"… so the family could do chores without going outside in the winter The farm was built about 1900. The first owner was Delbert Stairs."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin house floor plan, Bangor, 1864

"He wrote, "Having described the premises outside for the benefit of my children I give a simple outline & location of the ground floor inside and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor High School, Abbott Square, 1865

"… and comfort as well as elegance in structure outside and the laying out of the grounds." His journal describes the school exteriors and interiors…"

Historic Hallowell - The Stevens Training Center Serenaders

"Click on the titles. The World Outside  2:43 Green Fields  3:41 He   3:03 He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands   2:56 Climb Ev’ry Mountain   2:50…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 3 - Page 1 of 2

"The generator was outside of the garage so that the carbon monoxide would not get into the house. Overall they had a very good time getting closer."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 7 of 13

"… to give clearance and with stakes around the outside that allowed a rope or a chain to hold the barrels."

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"… Sadie took the clothes and hung them on a line outside. Some people also hung their clothes in the basement next to the wood stove."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 2 of 4

"… had a pot of soup ready in case it was cold outside. In high school, there were meals already prepared."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"and Mrs. Clayton Laplant Jed Beach, Thesis “Outside Eden”, 2003 Ruth Kidder Papers, DHS Coll.#139 "Bicentennial Calendar", information from DHS…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 3 of 3

"By this time, more women now worked outside the home. Positions such as store clerks, telephonists, office clerks, secretaries, and typists were…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… lined with charcoal (which did not conduct the outside heat to the inside of the car) and ice was placed in a tube on either side of each door."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Olof Nylander, 1864-1943

"Outside Nylander Museum X Nylander was awarded an Honorary Master of Science degree in 1938 for his years of service by the University of Maine…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"… to the Royal Governor asking for help in keeping outsiders from coming to the island to get already cut and dried hay and lumber. The early Mt."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Student Narrative of MDI History

"A bronze plaque sits on a ledge just outside of Seal Harbor as a memorial to Champlain’s visit by and naming of Mount Desert Island."

Historic Hallowell - Maine Industrial School for Girls

"… were received during that year, two were placed outside the institution and the thirty remaining filled the school to its full capacity."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is built - 1823 to 1824

"… were to patrol along a plank walk constructed outside the fence. By June 1824, the facility was completed, and fourteen prisoners from a facility…"

National Archives at Boston

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Seaside Hall

"… in Swan's Island history, people rarely traveled outside of their own communities. A resident of Atlantic would rely on Atlantic stores, the…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Maine Railroads

"… unable to build their own railroad because no one outside the state believed it would work. But on December 18, 1890, Albert Berleigh said that…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"… dry summer, a fire broke out in a cranberry bog outside Hulls Cove. Though the fire was slow moving at first, the winds whipped up and it exploded…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"Going outside was often dangerous and driving was not recommended because of tree branches falling. Day eight was a happy day for most families…"

Jonathan Fisher Memorial

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