Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"Fat Collection Students at Fifth Street School were collecting fat for the war effort. X Another thing everyone was inspired to do was save all…"

McArthur Public Library

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Sanford-Springvale Historical Society

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First Parish in Portland

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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… plays, silent movies, dances, town meetings, school functions, and the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs meeting hall."

Maine Conservation Corps

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Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… trained nurses led to the opening of the Training School for Nurses of the Queen’s Hospital in 1920."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"… in 1768, William King received only a grammar school education. Starting work in a Topsham sawmill, he rose to become the largest ship owner in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… brother Richard and his wife Ernestine were both school teachers and taught in schools away from Mount Desert Island in Maine and California…"

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

"… was also a major producer of paper products for schools and offices, as well as packaging and paperboard. On June 29th, 1999 The Mead Corp."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Doughty School; and Priscilla Soucie, School Library Media Specialist, William S. Cohen School Howard House, Bangor, 1869Bangor Public Library…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Student Exhibits

"Student Exhibits Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block The Intersection of Centre and Washington Church Block Columbian Block The Customs House…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"History Overview Text by Peter Goodwin and Robin A.S. Haynes With images from the Patten Free Library SEE NOTE Detail of USGS Topographical Map…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"… Project Resources From the Sagadahoc History & Genealogy Room at the Patten Free Library Books & Manuscripts Baker, William Avery, 1973, “A…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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

"… Loeb Library Special Collections, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University “The United States have but this one short stretch of Atlantic…"

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

"This was not a process people went to school to learn about or read a book on how to do. Rather, they learned from their fathers, mothers, aunts and…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… another; we were like a family.” Lubec High School Band, Washington, D.C., 1965Lubec Memorial Library The booming economy brought by the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"Cohen School. Images are from the Bangor Historical Society. Who was Shep Hurd? Shep Hurd was born in Liberty, Maine."

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"Cohen School Images from Bangor Public Library, Bangor Daily News and Bangor Historical Society The Penobscot River has brought wealth and prosperity…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"Cohen School. Images are from Eastern Maine Medical Center and St. Joseph Healthcare. Eastern Maine Medical Center History Beginnings After the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… art teacher at the Rumford/Mountain Valley High School for 37 years. Currently the New Pennacook Arts Center, with rotating exhibits in the Tech…"