Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"The History Room, which contains many original sources of information about Bath’s history, is a public reference facility, the sponsor of an annual…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"They held auctions, catered, had food sales, sold lunches at the mills, had booths at the county fair, and sold chances on quilts and other donated…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin barn plan, Bangor, 1867

"… main thoroughfare or connected with a house where room can be obtained on lots conspicuous." View additional information about this item on the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lamps and stove, John Martin store, Bangor, 1864

"… best fashion stove to infuse heat over a large room that ever was invented." Martin opened the store in 1862 after many years of working as an…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890

"… in it & with some other little girls came to my room when I was gone & hung it up over my sink in my room." View additional information about…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 362-451

"Furber Eliab W. Metcalf Hugh Ross Jr. Capt. Nathan Pendleton Pendleton & Ross counting room illustration Joseph Carr"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"… lot but a mud hole or run containing just room enough to build the building on and give a space sufficient to hitch and turn horses was vacant on…"

Abbot Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Historical Society

"nurse, school nurse, editor, sales administrator, event planner and regulatory affairs specialist. Other interests are just as varied: conservation…"

Lithgow Public Library

"… with a $9,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie and the sale of subscriptions to area citizens, provided the funds to construct the building."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"Marden’s still has a room that is like “The Cove Room” and that is where they keep all the clothes. After the renovation of Osgood’s they put some of…"

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

"… Broadway became available and profits from the sale of The Pictorial History of Lincoln had given the LHS enough money to make a down payment."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… grounds were lined with carts and stands for the sale of liquor, cakes and other refreshments. It took two more years for the structure to be…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Theater

"When the building went up for sale, Clay’s Funeral Home, the movie theater’s neighbor, bought it and tore it down to add more space for their parking…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"In 1947 a sales agency was developed with an office in the Empire State Building in New York City to further market the ever increasing fabric…"

Rumford Area Historical Society

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Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"Fox pelts ready for sale, Lincoln, ca. 1922Lincoln Historical Society Day 3 (November 19, 1938) I had my first full day at the fox farm today."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"This coupled with the sale of the company’s assets enabled stockholders to recover 36 cents on each dollar invested."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… for erecting the building was secured from the sale of the pews. Many of those early pew owners were some of the earliest settlers in…"