Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"Train service improved greatly and long waits for automobile ferries disappeared. Passenger and freight train traffic increased enough to justify the…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 3 of 3

"… at the accomplishment our little town has made. We can’t wait to see what the teams will bring in upcoming years. STUDENT CORNER HOME"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"Waits, Whites, Newmans, Delanos, Tainters, Newtons, Fosters and Kenneys lived alongside the Holmans and contributed to the area’s agricultural life."

Frye Island Historical Society

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Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"By 1914 Thomas had joined the firm of Wait and Copeland in Boston. Proposed Nordica Memorial Museum by John P. Thomas, ca."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"Mrs. Titcomb’s father tried to convince them to wait until spring,warning them about the perils of traveling at that time of year, but Stephen…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… Society Various crew members including Santa wait for the cutting festivities to begin. Many individuals, organizations, and businesses were…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"It is used for boxcars that are waiting to be loaded. Engineer Green was driving a north bound train when he struck the cars waiting to be picked up."

Historic Hallowell - Lineman's Journal

"… to go get wood, and it was frozen so we had to wait until it melted in order to burn it. Dear Journal, On Day 4 500,000 people from all over the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"2 or 3 others with us finally waited till another ship came along that we knew and we finally take you home."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"But at the same time, Shaffer, who had been waiting on the sidewalk just outside Dakins, pulled out two pistols and opened fire on Dakin Sporting…"

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"When people were getting waited on, the employees would help them pick out the material they were buying."

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"… bulb because theirs went out they would need to wait another day to get it if the Weatherbee Hardware store wasn’t there."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"East Strong waited for legislative action as the new bridge began to take shape. South support tower and cable anchoragesStrong Historical…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"Doyle went back to jail, where he was to wait for his second trial. Maine State PrisonMaine Historical Society The second trial took place in…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry Waiting for the first ferry run, Swan's Island, 1960Swan's Island Historical Society The William S."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"Jonathan Waite was at the head of it when the cart arrived in the Village. Jonas T. Severy ran the hotel and furnished the rum and raffled off a…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"All citizens of Kennebec County had to wait, and wonder when this disaster will end. Hallowell Flood 1987Courtesy of Sumner A."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"… came to Bangor for the huge amount of revenue waiting just up river. Lumber Mill on the Penobscot, Bangor, ca."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… trains were to proceed to Portland without waiting. The public was upset, because the Boston & Maine trains were sometimes late and connections…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… where, for a time, loads of coal and pulp wood waited for the freighters to arrive. Those settling on Toddy Pond eked out livings as farmers too…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… worked pretty hard… So they weren’t just casually waiting there for hand-outs and things." Additionally, Nate Hamilton says the archeological…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… artists and writers such as Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Emma Thompson, and David Mamet. In 1916, the same year she debuted on Broadway, Draper…"