Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 00-29

"Ladd Sen. James R. Doolittle George Francis Train Gorham L. Boynton Marcellus Emery John Bapst"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"Today, that train traffic includes summer tourists who ride the Maine Eastern trains from Brunswick to Rockland."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 7, pages 114-134

"He also discussed their training and duties. He also wrote about the "demoralisation of our once peacable city," largely blaming the Irish for the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Commercial article on World's Fair contest

"John Martin and Miss Mabel Martin leave on this morning’s train for the World’s Fair, making a short stop at Portland on the way.""

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress

"Aaron Huntress drawing by Sarah Cook X If the school was never built, most of the people probably wouldn’t have lived here."

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"… for the 140 students then enrolled in the School of Nursing. The new expansion was formally dedicated on March 18 and 19, 1943 by Bishop McCarthy…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"Schools and public places closed as well. In neighboring towns like Bath, people tagged their houses with white cards or red letters warning people…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Society Lady of 1889," Bangor

"… their society agreable with to other persons who train themselves & their persons to the best advantage." View additional information about this…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"In Lincoln, trains were the primary transport method. Railroads now: Trains now run on fossil fuels or electricity."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"Many guests arrived over the weekend by train at the Grand Trunk Station on India Street. The convention was held at Portland City Hall (Merrill…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"Fassett trained both young men as draftsmen. From 1880 to 1884 Stevens served as Fassett’s junior partner, the position Tompson would hold from 1886…"

Norcross Heritage Trust

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"… become an architect and returned to Lewiston to train as a draftsman with George M. Coombs. After four years in Coombs’s office, Thomas enrolled at…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Project Photos

"… activities arranged in chronological order: July training at MHS, photo workshop at the Byron Historical Society, photo workshop at the Buckfield…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… Loring writes that the minister’s children “were trained to habits of industry and economy so as to be examples to those of his flock”."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… and community, the culmination of hard work and training, the beginning of school. It is an opportunity for well over 40,000 people to come…"

Lincoln, Maine - Pulp mill, Lincoln, 1915 - Page 1 of 2

"A narrow gauge train dumped pulp wood into the mill pond. It was then sent to the wood room to make chips for the pulp mill."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… them with snow in boxes and shipping them by train from Ellsworth to Boston. Some farmers hung on and there were at least five commercial dairies…"

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"Douglas’s office proved a good training ground for Coombs. However, the opportunity was short-lived, for Douglas moved his practice to Philadelphia…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

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

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… store, church, cemetery, schools, post office and train station, road commissioners, social organizations, and blacksmith."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"The soldiers trained at Camp Washburn (named for Maine Gov. Israel Washburn), a temporary assembly and camp area in Portland’s East Deering, across…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"He was trained at Harvard, loved building and loved art. My sense is that as a designer he was deliberate, rational, and precise."