Maine Memory Network

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"By the mid-1960s, cardiac training for nurses included work with defibrillators. By 1965, Mercy had expanded from 25 beds to 285."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"… May 1821 when President Monroe named him as a special minister to negotiate a treaty with Spain."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"Lobstermen use a special gauge to determine which lobsters may be legally kept. Licenses are required and the number must appear on traps and buoys."

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

"Plus, each day there is a special. There is also a lunch account to help keep track of your lunch purchases, which is around a dollar for any item."

University of Maine at Presque Isle Library

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Abplanalp Library, UNE

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Raymond H. Fogler Library

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"… 21, 1951, the Portland Press Herald published a special piece detailing the additions. One headline trumpeted the “Revolutionary Telephone System”…"

Historic Hallowell - In Sickness and in Health

"… In the years following the Revolution many trained physicians came to the Kennebec Valley to establish medical practices."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 4 of 4

"Numerous elaborate, heavily trimmed bustle and trained wedding dresses from the 1880s and 1890s are tributes to remarkable dressmaking skills."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"The father would take a train on Friday evening and spend the weekend with his family and go back on Sunday night by train and be ready for work on…"

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

"… are being made by which a daily special train will run over the Androscoggin, starting from the new depot grounds in this village, to accommodate…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"She was the very first physical training instructor at the school, specializing in calisthenics and kinesiology."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… Stone 1876-1965: UMF graduate and first physical training instructor at the school, specializing in calisthenics and kinesiology Business and…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"The Lewiston train should have been there a long time before both of the other trains except there was a delay with their flatbeds staying on the…"

Fryeburg Public Library

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"Loading deer on the train at Strong station, ca. 1915 Strong was a popular stop for "sports" traveling to and from the Rangeley Region on the Narrow…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"Also the railroads offered scheduled special trains along with rare discounted rates. G.A.R. PicnicStrong Historical Society The second…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"Both early and modern times had doctors who were trained. Some doctors could be specialized, like the osteopathic doctor."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"One day, when she was getting off the train, she caught her skirt and was dragged quite a distance. Her leg was seriously injured, and she endured a…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"Local rescue teams were trained to handle injuries that might occur from an invasion or bombing A look out station, with the code name Esther 74, was…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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