Maine Memory Network

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

"White Wyandottes, Plymouth rocks and Rhode Island reds were the principal breeds kept, and many eggs were shipped for hatching. Shaw Bros."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… to eight – Farmington Falls, Briggs District (Red Schoolhouse), Fairbanks, Holley, Knowlton’s Corner, Mosher Hill, Norton’s Flat, and Russell’s…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"The big red trolley cars were greeted very enthusiastically with bunting and flags, speeches, dignitaries, and music."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… around Munsungan Lake and quarried high quality red, green, and gray chert (flint) which they used to make beautifully crafted “fluted” spear…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"They made a flagpole, and raised the red, white and blue colors of their club, called the Champlain Society after Samuel de Champlain."

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"… to come and help them and one said, “roses are red, violets are blue, CMP, we need you” I felt bad because I wanted to help them but it seemed the…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"… with the row of “windows” painted the bright red that John McCurdy favored. On the roof peak there was a fixed ventilator."

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… Society The I.O.R.M (Improved Order of Red Men) Band marched, followed by the Eastport High School Cadets, and as listed in the program “Float of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"Also the builders had the angel's red boots turned to stockings. Oliver and William V. Moses bought the church's lot and arranged the demolition of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"… the Pond are almost covered with Roses- White and Red while the margin of the Pond for 6 or 8 Rods is white with Pond-Lillies."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Historical Society - Page 2 of 2

"… Historical Society In 1996 the historic Little Red Schoolhouse was offered to the LHS if it could be moved from its location at the high school to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"9 East Rumford, No. 12 Red Hill, and No. 13 Isthmus. Stephens High School State Champions, Rumford, 1913Greater Rumford Area Historical Society…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… built at that time were usually one room, painted red, and stood at the top of a hill. Abbott School, Mexico, ca."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… people tagged their houses with white cards or red letters warning people not to enter due to infected residents inside."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"3 (July 1997), 515-548 Dunbabin, J. P. D. “Red Lines on Maps: The Impact of Cartographical Errors on the Border between the United States and British…"

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

"The Canadian “Red Ensign” flag (with the UK “Union Jack” in the corner) flew, as the later red and white maple leaf flag was not used until 1965."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Pierce’s Mocha and Java. The big red coffee grinder stood near the entrance.” Dr. Jay Grindle had an office on Main Street and is credited for saving…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… the river and were shot down turning the river red with blood. Eighty innocent people were killed that sad day."

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"They paid for all that, and the bouquet – a dozen red roses. I bought my gown at Unobsky’s Store, downtown. It was a beautiful thing. It was lovely."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… Historical Society & Museum See a Red Sox game in Boston—easy, hop in your car, drive to Boston via high-speed roads, see the game, and return…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… with student council, 4-H, a hobby club, a junior Red Cross organization, and a French Club. Many clubs competed and won awards."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field representing a new…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… chair in Bangor & I waltzed & march as writen red 2 pages back & I can to day put up as many goods as matts Sfastedt 40 years younger than I am)…"

St. Croix Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.