Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"After joining the US Navy as a Sea Bee during World War II, Donald met and married Marguerite Hodgkins in 1946."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Agriculture During World War I World War I began in Europe in 1914 and the U.S. entered into it in 1917."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"World War I had an impact – the school experienced a fire in the dormitory in 1917, and the Government eventually did agree to allow funds and…"

Maine State Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"After World War II, the refrigerators were invented which took on the role of storing and making ice."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"After World War II, the refrigerators were invented which took on the role of storing and making ice."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"… would be started in August when the boys from World War I returned. Recreation in Stockholm Many people in Stockholm were looking for a way to get…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"One is in Massachusetts and one is in Penobscot Bay. He designed the one in Penobscot and it was very popular around here. He was quite a character."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village Schools

"World War two had a minimizing effect on New Portland's population, as the class sizes tended to go down after those years."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… go see the men leave to enlist in the Army during World War I. Amie Rancourt of Mexico went to work in the mill at the age of "not quite 15 years."…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"A World War II Honor Roll stood on the grounds of the library for a time, but burned and was not replaced."

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

"… back to Europe in 1924 where he stayed until World War II. He returned to the U.S. and gave his last public performance in 1947, the same year the…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… became the first male student to register since World War II. The once again coeducational school issued redesigned uniforms as well."

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… perhaps the greatest attention after the Second World War. In 1948, a new School of X-Ray Technology accepted its first students, with Patricia…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Bruinius, Harry, Better for All the World: The Secret History of Forced Sterilization and America’s Quest for Racial Purity, 2006, Vantage Books, New…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… less-prominent state of Maine a voice in our busy world, and a strong one too. Hannibal Hamlin grew up in a wealthy family, and, during his…"

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

"… Harbor in the influenza outbreak during the First World War. Mr. Totten owned a china shop. Lucy and James Bain had a variety store."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… 1910Farmington Historical Society “Just before World War I the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad reached its peak of prosperity…” giving…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"After the United States joined the Second World War in December 1941, the hospital (already home to a school of nursing) helped the U.S."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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

"… Society & Museum Railroads: Scarborough’s World Expands Portland, Saco & Portsmouth; Boston & Maine Before the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth…"

Acadian Archives

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

"… that there was not a fair and that was during World War II. In 1932, the New Portland Lions Club took over running the fair."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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