Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Middle Street’s small frame and brick houses and buildings, the domed granite Merchants Exchange, and the Second Parish Church have long vanished…"

Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections

"… donated or purchased on their own, or within a small grouping, without companion archival materials or museum objects."

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"… gold in California proved fatal, for he died of small pox in Sacramento. His modest tintype serves as a reminder of a young life cut short."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"Some of the buttons are indented, while others are shaped like small balls. The well-known pie crust buttons are scattered throughout the bag- easy…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Bob's Bears

"So the animals were reeled in and put in their respective cages and the little caravan went on down the road."

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"Use of traditional plant, animal, and mineral based dyes continued for some time while new dye "know how" and the chemical dye industry steadily grew."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"… there were no dams at the time, the men and animals had to journey their way up the high waterfalls, and thoughout the course of the journey, many…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Using tools made of stone, bone, wood, and natural plant and animal fibers, they harvested an incredibly diverse range of mammals, birds and fish…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"… pioneers raised cattle, sheep and small farm animals and supplemented food supplies from the wild lands that surrounded their farms."

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"I read the Humane Society ads about what animals they have there know. We got our two Siamese cats from one of the ads."

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

"… whist, read novels, analyzed flowers and prepared animal specimens (e.g., stuffed birds), and took notes."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… gates across their part of the road to keep farm animals from wandering. Very few residents could afford horses so walking was the primary means of…"

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

"… be stocked with valuable fish; the increase of animals and birds encouraged; the growth of trees, shrubs, plants, ferns and mosses cared for."

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

"… images of landscapes, plants and animals), low-quality televisions, radios, and projectors."

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

"… instrument, play a game, make friends with animals such as dogs, cats, and goats, or learn photography, bee-keeping, or proper broadcasting…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"They would use a bow and arrow to catch the animals in a snow drift. Out in the wilderness all of the water was frozen, so there was no way to clean…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… hog and cattle markings, demonstrating that animal raising for sale and consumption was an important early industry to satisfy basic human needs…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"In Guilford’s case there were the Piscataquis River, Salmon Stream, and a small outlet from Davis Pond thus three areas; Guilford Village, Guilford…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… of 1817, food was scarce for both people and animals. The following winter of 1817 was bitter cold, testing even the most hearty of folks."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"They grew their food, raised animals, fished and clammed. Schooners brought supplies to islanders, who shipped surplus produce such as potatoes back…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"The burned animal bones from their meals include beaver, snapping turtle, caribou, and bear. The Little Ice Age, between AD 1300 and 1850, likely had…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"… as an Agricultural Fair were people brought animals to auction off and show, while people would bring fruits and veggies from their garden. Ms."