Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Earning Our Keep Resources

"Earning Our Keep Resources Roll over the top left corner of the paragraph with your mouse. A toolbox will appear that allows you to edit, format…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Sources

"Henry Knox Papers, 1716-1841 Microfilm (55 rolls) of papers, chiefly accounts and bills of sale, 1781-1805, with other papers, memo and account…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 1 of 3

"When they saw people playing and rolling around in the cold powder, my parents thought they were absolutely crazy."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 10 of 13

"<kids rolling on the barrels> As you can see, the younger pickers did not seem to mind a break. Students such as these would pick 15 to 40 barrels of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War Resources

"… in the Various and Territories, as Specified in Rolls of Honor Nos. I---XII, Being Those Issued From The Quartermaster General’s Office, Between…"

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"One rolled in to Mr. Frank Moore’s home next to the library and caused very little damage. Another one of the freight cars catapulted through the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 1 of 5

"… day, at lunchtime, she and her bothers decided to roll down a hill in barrels. They did that because they had nothing else to do when they had…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store, Center Street, Bangor, 1862

"… and sketching churches and various buildings on a roll of paper laid across his knees I found on examining his samples that they were remarkably…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 2 of 3

"… faux fur fabrics, an example of which is a short roll collar faux fur bolero jacket. The item is of a natural off-white short pile fur fabric…"

Whitefield Historical Society

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 2 of 4

"… more modern message T-shirts, but as of yet, no roll hemmed '50s jeans, or much in the area of 1950s teen clothing."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 1 of 4

"The emergent youth culture, with its rock & roll and pop music, and move towards less formal dress stimulated growth of a new branch of the clothing…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"The diplomas were rolled, but because it became hard to hang them, they are no longer rolled. In the past, very few kids attended school every day…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… around the Savage portion of Lot 67, likely by rolling them on logs or skids and with the help of family members and a team of oxen. A.C."

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… was gunwales down, and as she turned on her heel, rolled in the water, and sank beneath them.”1 Confusion bore conflicting accounts in the rush to…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 12 of 13

"Rolling a barrel on a moving truck body is tricky. The truck driver has to drive the truck very smoothly, no quick starts or stops."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3

"… double knit with a mandarin collar, long sleeves, rolled toggle neck closure, square diamanté buckled belt, and long skirt of narrow permanently…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"In 1996, the U.S. Navy named a Roll-on/Roll-off cargo ship U.S.N.S. Gordon in honor of Gary Gordon. He received many awards after he died, but the…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… to watch as millions of board feet of timber rolled through town, kept in line by agile and colorful “river drivers” who jumped from log to log to…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… using machinery to make paper on a continuous roll. The company went out of business in 1854 after the second fire in fourteen years."

Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt

"Store it unfolded or preferably rolled in archival paper and box. And revere it as a priceless object of our cumulative past."

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 3 of 3

"… little Pirates out young! So the next time you're rolling through Guilford, stop by and take a look in our trophy case."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… using machinery to make paper on a continuous roll. The company went out of business in 1854 after the second fire in fourteen years."