Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"Island resident Marion Stinson speaks of the hall: "I remember just one play there that—oh, Leora Wyman had, she had girls come here one time and it…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"An estimated crowd of 25,000 watched him defeat world champion Margaret Dillon and competitor Directum J in three consecutive heats at the Island…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"… American Red Cross during both World War I and World War II. On February 22, 1955, Miss Stone was acknowledged by the Colonial Daughters Chapter of…"

Colby College Special Collections

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The End of Wooden Shipbuilding - 1910 to 1950

"… sunk by a torpedo in the South Atlantic during World War II on June 2, 1942. Morse Shipyard, Water Street, Thomaston, Maine c 1940Thomaston…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"… States stood on the brink of entering another world war, the growing city of Portland needed greater hospital capacity."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… million killed in the much more publicized First World War (1914-1918). In the United States, about 670,000 people died of the flu, out of a…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Writer, Paul KoenigStaff. “World War II Nurse from Maine Subject of New Book.” Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel, Kennebec Journal and Morning…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… at Rumford was the largest book paper mill in the world under one roof and had a capacity of 350 tons of paper a day."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"During World War II, the Crobb Box Company operated an ammunition case factory on Neighborhood Road. Main Street in Northeast Harbor, ca."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 2 of 3

"During World War II, the reservoir was under constant surveillance against possible sabotage of drinking water sources."

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… Tarbell was one of the first architects in post-World War II Maine to advocate for the sharp, simple lines of contemporary design."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"In the southwest corner is the Monument to all Wars: Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon/Grenada, Panama, Desert Storm and Afghanistan."

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

"… five commercial dairies in town before the Second World War. Blueberries were always a commercial crop, some hand picked by local residents and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"World War II further quieted the island as young and old left; either voluntarily to join the war effort or by necessity to seek work on the mainland."

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

"World War I and II had an adverse effect and the population stayed the same or increased slightly. The mills were running full blast at this time…"

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

"More on the Old Ell During World War II, following the deaths of both John C. and Emily N. Savage, the Old Ell came into the ownership of their only…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… Howard Gannett flew his plane all over the world and even sent back international news to Guy's papers."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"By the time World War II finally ended on September 2, 1945, 112 Bangor citizens had made the ultimate sacrifice."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"Woodrow Wilson’s Ship is Torpedoed during World War II: Woodrow Wilson: and we were on the east side of Africa…and we were on our way home…and well…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… area, obtaining a connection into the music world through opera, where Wilhelmina was being trained in voice."

NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… Historical Society Maintaining Asticou After World War II, more people came to Mount Desert Island than had in previous generations."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… a period of decline during the Depression, World War II revitalized the industry with factories on both the east and west coasts working at…"