Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Atticus: A Fugitive Slave

"In the hopes of receiving the $20 reward posted by James Sagurs, two local men, whose names remain unknown, pretended to befriend Atticus and…"

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"… different businesses over the years, including a post office. The Braeburn, in 2003, was used as an apartment building."

South Portland Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Between 1854 and 1965 two more Federal buildings would occupy the site, which is now Post Office Park."

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

"The towered corner building housed the Post Office in 1911 (and for many years afterward), was also proudly deocorated for the grand celebration."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… were Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and Wiley Post. Within ten years, the airport became inadequate for the increasingly larger and more…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"Front Street, From Post Office Square, Bath. ca. 1930Patten Free Library At midnight on December 12, 1954, the City of Bath converted to dial…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"The store was located downstairs along with the post office. The Odd Fellows and Masons met upstairs. The top floor was used as dining room."

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

"… Historical Society Also in 1901, a post office was establishing. Lewis Anderson was the postmaster."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"It contains two or three churches, a post office, telegraph office, about a dozen stores and the usual number of lawyers and doctors, one public…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… was replaced, Interface built a huge corporate office building, the town office project was completed and King Cummings Park was dedicated as we…"

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"… saved, but the town’s records and letters in the post office were saved without any damage to them at all."

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

"People catch up with neighbors and friends at the post office or grocery store and community-minded residents organize benefit dinners or concerts to…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Dark Harbor Post Office, Islesboro, ca. 1900Islesboro Historical Society Many other shops and businesses operated in Dark Harbor Village."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… remained in the town, helped establish the first post office, church, schoolhouse and meeting hall, later entering local politics."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"Stevens resigned from his post as chief engineer in 1907. He sited personal reasons for leaving the project but it was mainly because the project was…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"This wing was for the post office added in 1893. Eventually, a third wing was added as the Odd Fellows Hall."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"It contained a post office, a clothing store, and a drug store on the first floor, and the bedrooms and the kitchen on the second floor, with…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… all the postal cards used by the United States Post Office. The Oxford was producing these cards at a rate of 3,000,000 per day."

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

"Customs and Post Office construction, Lubec, ca. 1963Lubec Historical Society The dedication ceremony is underway, left, with public address…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… community as well, the existing stores, post office, and hotel at first provided the necessary staples and entertainment for the summer people. By…"

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

"… downtown, destroying Norumbega Hall and the Post Office before climbing the Center Street Hill and burning the residences along Center and French…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… industry and communication and the confusion of post-war life, the island made the shift to modern utilities and once again became more…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"Post offices were established at Mexico Corner, Hale, and Ridlonville. Mexico currently has a town manager form of government with five selectmen…"