Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"1900Jesup Memorial Library Beyond simple wooden chairs and stools, there was little furniture at the encampment."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"The wooden egg cases were kept cool, awaiting shipment to Boston markets. Whole herds of cattle and flocks of sheep were bought by Hervey Lowell…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"The first floor would hold the main entrance which opened to a corridor that would run the length of the building."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The first Academy building was a wooden structure rebuilt of brick after the first was destroyed by fire in 1843."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Thomaston Historical Society

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"This exceptional 198' wire suspension span with wooden towers and a wooden deck system was very likely patterned after the similar bridge constructed…"

Davistown Museum

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"Between 1792 and 1891, 133 wooden ocean-going sailing vessels were built in Blue Hill. Captain John W. Kane, Blue Hill, ca."

Bangor Public Library

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The first Academy building was a wooden structure rebuilt of brick after the first was destroyed by fire in 1843."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 1 of 3

"In the 1930s this place became known as the Gregory Inn and was operated as a hotel by the Sweeney family. The buildings and land surrounding it…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"… center to successfully make the transition from wooden to steel vessels. A decline in the number of Americans in the shipping trade decreased…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"In 1809 the first wooden covered bridges were built so people could pass onto and off the island easily at all times of the year."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"In the original location of the wooden building, a better brick building was constructed to serve as the new academy."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"It consisted of a double wooden track running from behind the school down to and across the brook; the little cars ran by gravity."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"One can imagine A.C. Savage and/or his neighbors fashioning those logs sometime in late 1854 or early 1855 in time to build around them a new home to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"In 1904, wooden sidewalks were constructed on Main Street. They were designed to allow shop owners to add hitching rails for their patrons’ horses if…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"Hiking was popular and many used handcrafted wooden canes when hiking. Some popular places to hike were Blue Hill Mountain and the Blue Hill Falls…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"Since 1930 all sorts of small wooden objects were made there: round clothespins and toothpicks at first, then safety matches, ice cream spoons that…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… as a bowling alley, merry-go-round, Ferris wheel, wooden swings, dancing pavilion, open-air stage casino, picnic spots along the shore, and even…"

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

"Traditional industries like wooden shipbuilding and fishing declined precipitously. By the early 1900’s, the state of Maine, including costal towns…"

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

"In regard to the bridge, it is stretching out its wooden legs and arms toward its eastern terminus with a rapidity which neither injunctions nor any…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… in the water, were placed specially constructed wooden boxes called accumulators, for collecting the gold content of the seawater that flowed…"