Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - John and Clara Martin wedding hack, Bangor, 1850

"… all the window trimmings the glass lamps on the side of the drivers seat were cut the windows were one pane of clear thick German glass and also…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"… jamed." The canoes were labeled on each side with names Civil War-related names. He wrote that they paddled to Brewer and back "in 8 minutes a…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Harris House, Bangor, ca. 1850

"The illustration shows the south side and eastern front end of the house. He wrote that it was located at the "Bangor Olde Town & Millford Switch and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Primary and intermediate school, Bangor, 1865

"… intermediate school shown here was on the east side of Center Street opposite the intersection with Jefferson Street in Bangor."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 2 of 2

"… lowered waists, back gathers spreading to the side, widened skirts, and gradually enlarging sleeves, which became known as gigots."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 3 of 4

"… decorative bodice motif and skirt feature at one side; a square shouldered yellow textured heavy rayon crepe with a beaded inset waistband and…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 4 of 4

"… made with double box pleats on the front and sides, and triple box pleats at center back; and second, for bands of elaborate fringed and looped…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Square shouldered cape and suit ensemble, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"The coordinating cape is reversible—brown on one side and gold on the other. While a modern audience might associate a suit with business, the…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 2 of 7

"… charter) to a vague, poorly defined area on both sides of the Kennebec River. Originally awarded to Plymouth Colony, which used the land to engage…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… than nine miles over muddy roads to the eastern side of Prouts Neck. Three men rowed out to the Thomas and were able to get a line onto the ship…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… by the end of 1859, but the depot was on the West side of the river. To catch a train, or to use the railroad for freight, a traveler or shipper…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"There still exist some Savage gravestones on the West side of Harbor Brook at the Gorianksi property, 153 Peabody Drive."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"… Wharf), the fort was located at the southeastern side of lower Knox Street, currently the site of the Lyman Morse Boatbuilding Company."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… 1805 from Bristol, Maine, settling on the western side of town, where he built a grand two-and-a-half-story federal-styled home and a wharf on the…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… would be drawn in to these battles by both sides, suffering greatly during what was probably the most violent period of Biddeford history."

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… Lumber Company, makers of box shooks (the sides of wooden boxes, popular in the days before corrugated boxes), doors, and dimension lumber."

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

"… out so that a truck chassis would enter on one side of the building and progress through different production stations (welding, wood, machine, and…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"… Dist.# 1 - Dyar School was located on the west side of the Sandy River on the road to Farmington."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"… the “evil spirit” or as the “place on the other side.” Burying Point, located near the Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station, is another relic of native…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"On the east side of Carr Mountain, near the home of Ben Royal, was a Way Station that had a tie up for horses and lodging for travelers."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… Library Villages on the island’s western side—Somesville, Southwest Harbor, Northeast Harbor, and Seal Harbor—followed a different course of…"

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"… Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved West Side, Water Street, Hallowell, ca. 1900Hubbard Free Library Historic Hallowell, a book giving a…"

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"… long pole with a piston on each end go up on one side and down on the other. Dy doing this at sixty strokes per minute, they pumped water through a…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - P.H. Tilson Death Notice

"It gave information on soldiers of both sides, background information on the battle, and soldier casualties."