Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"Varney. A plain brown shopping bag, falling apart from age, covered in creases, its handles ripping."

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 1 of 3

"Before it was built it was plain woods or a field. In 1965 the field did not have a grandstand anymore; a new backstop was constructed."

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"… saw mill which was electronically automated and moved from the flood plains of Guilford to Burnham, which is about 25 minutes south of Newport."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"The wind swept fiercely across these plains before buildings and trees obstructed it progress. It was the most impassable section between Weld and…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"The lady’s plain dress and her old rocking chair indicate a rural origin for this tintype. Tintype of woman knitting, ca."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"Standing before a plain backdrop with his left hand on a cane-seated chair, he stares earnestly at the photographer, seemingly unconcerned by his…"

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

"… this passage: “Seldom are geological facts more plainly presented. Seldom have pleasanter days been spent than those recalled while writing out…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… stained glass, but the rest of the exterior was plain. Earlier ones were referred to as “Nickelodeons” because just their storefronts were revamped…"

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

"… to a contemporary newspaper, the fire was plainly visible at Bar Harbor almost 50 miles away."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… its shores, its landscape of hill, dale, and plain ; they were pleased with it, and the testimony of a century and a quarter is " that the place is…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… its shores, its landscapes of hill, dale and plain…” The same qualities began to bring summer vacationers to town toward the end of the 19th…"

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

"… for the Eastern Abenaki, who farmed the fertile plains of the Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers, and spread out along lands west of Casco Bay in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… boiling rocks spanning the last 3,500 years are plainly visible. Indeed, there is much hard evidence to support the “theory” that native people…"

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

"The tops and bottom were cut out of the plain plate and shaped. There was rimming and bending to be done, soldering of the ends of the sides…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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