Maine Memory Network

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… Mercy Hospital still operates and staffs the gift shop, as well as organizing special events and fundraisers to support numerous programs and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"There were men and some women of all sizes! Some were only 3 feet tall and some were over 7 feet tall! The manager introduced us."

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"Hopefully, the men and women from Lincoln who are fighting in those wars will be returning home safely."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"… for a time but was quickly rebuilt and an enamel shop was added, and production of special-order finished items increased."

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"It was all men, so those women and children would have to step up and do extra chores and duties to get by."

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"She witnessed women giving birth in their homes or in “maternity hospitals.” She saw this as a perfect opportunity."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"The cheese shop survived more than a decade, but the business owners struggled with the process of collecting the milk, and even faced a lack of cows…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… who came from established towns with roads and shops to a densely forested coastline with no roads and no people was perhaps the same spirit that…"

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

"… by 1810, and there was a wheelwright shop, a shoe shop, a blacksmith shop, a schoolhouse, and eleven homes. West vs."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… up to 44 male members, who each could have two women who might accompany them to the weekly dances and weekly dance lessons."

John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"Thanks to the generosity of the the Maine Women Writers Collection and the Abplanalp Library at the University of New England this volume also has…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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

"… shoe factories, carding mills, blacksmith shops, and ice houses. John Elliott built a mill on Lemon Stream at the Great Works in the West Village…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"These malls gave Bangor citizens up-to-date shopping facilities with plenty of parking; shoppers, though, began to neglect downtown."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"Russell Estes and Brothers Box Shop, Farmington, 1903Farmington Historical Society As Farmington entered the 20th Century, most of the amenities…"