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Lincoln, Maine - Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856

"… built in 1856 on the corner lot of lower Main Street. David S. Plumly had it built following a fire which destroyed his store in the same location…"

Bangor Daily News Library

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Lubec Memorial Library

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Lubec Historical Society

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Island Falls Historical Society

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Fryeburg Academy Archives

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Cheese Factory

"Located on Upper Main Street, the cheese factory operated for several years, starting in 1871. This factory had been organized by local farmers, and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 452-534

"… John Martin Jr., his house and gardens on Center Street -- with illustrations, and business dealings and failures, including Pendleton & Ross, Shaw…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 121-end

"… and changes in life -- trolleys, gas, electric street lights, and U.S. Mail boxes. He wrote again about his family's history in Ellsworth, his…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store interior, Bangor, 1862

"… of the inside of the shop he kept on Center Street in Bangor for several years starting in 1862."

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

"… lamps were hung in John Martin's store on Center Street in Bangor -- 15 feet apart. The store also had "the best fashion stove to infuse heat over…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Skating Rink, 1868

"… the surrounding area: two steamer wharfs and Broad Street behind them. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin house floor plan, Bangor, 1864

"… wife, Clara Cary, bought a house at 130 Center Street in Bangor in 1854. Five of their six children were born there."

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

"… vestibule of the Third Parish Church on French Street in Bangor are part of a journal that John Martin (1823-1904) of Bangor wrote and illustrated…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… on the intersection of Congress and State Street (681 Congress) for the venture. On December 12, 1918, the anniversary of the founding of the…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"… four daguerreotypes and an ambrotype of Portland streets scenes of the 1840s and 50s rank among the earliest photographs of the city."

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"Later, in 1953, nobody at Garland Street would have guessed that Billy Cohen, now a seventh grader, would be the future Secretary of Defense under…"

Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"… and use music in a parade going up and down the streets to express the fires they had defeated! Some of Hallowell's early "fire fighters" included…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm of 1998

"… Storm of 1998 Ice Storm, Academy and Middle streets, Hallowell, 1998 Intersection of Academy and Middle Streets, Hallowell.Hubbard Free…"

Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand

"Moving Granite, Outer Winthrop Street, Hallowell, ca. 1890Hubbard Free Library The wagon-like carriers were called "galamanders," and were usually…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater

"… The Braden Theater opened in April 1950 on Main Street in Presque Isle. The 900 plus seat theater was named after John R Braden, a famous local…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"… building on the southwest corner of Knox and Main Streets, to the town for use by its residents. In 1915, a devastating fire consumed the original…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"… still stands in its original location on Water Street at the foot of Green Street. Ship Samuel Watts, Georges River, Thomaston, Maine…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"Looking southeast toward Wadsworth Street Bridge, Thomaston, ca. 1890Thomaston Historical Society King was politically active as early as 1795 as a…"