Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"1900Hubbard Free Library Young factory workers (like people who worked at the local Hallowell cotton mills and shoe factories) had to attend school…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"When Rena was young, her mother did this chore. As Rena grew older, she helped. Washing the clothes took two to three hours."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3

"… Isle’s favorite entertainments for old and young people. Northern Maine FairPresque Isle Historical Society Dorothy, some times known as Dot…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"The following people and events are mentioned in this section: Oliner H. Hinckley D Hinckley Ann Young Shaw & Billings lines Sheriff Wingate Carr…"

Historic Hallowell - The Cyclone of 1895

"A young boy named Virgil White was caught in the cyclone and badly injured. Both of his legs were broken as well as his right ankle and collar bone."

Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

"Herman Cassens, a young entrepreneur, started a postcard company, the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, in the mid-coast town of Belfast…"

Historic Hallowell - Initiative and Self-Improvement

"In 1822, a group of young men in Hallowell, anxious to improve their minds, organized the Franklin Debating Society."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"… their reading of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. Guest speaker Reverend Dr. Henry Wyman shares stories on life in Bangor during the '40s…"

Guilford, Maine - WELCOME

"… heritage reaching back two hundred years; young, as far as towns go in New England, yet witness to significant change in methodology, technology…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 195-277

"… wrote about working for Rufus Prince, a club of young men formed to discuss current events and other topics, the destructive freshet of 1846, a…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Republican Wigwam, Bangor, 1872

"… which includes the headquarters of the Young Mens Grant & Wilson Club and four men marching and singing, is on page 115 of Martin's "Scrap Book no…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"… to the small stylish town of Wiscasset in 1800, young Eliza Southgate wrote home urging her mother to “please send my spotted muslin.” And, as the…"

Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Lasting Legacies

"1890 These would be very young 7th graders! Click the headline above the picture to see what the real Hall-Dale students have been up to this year."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"… Theodore Norris Mitchell: “When my father was a young man he worked as a bellboy at the Malvern for at least ten years."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 4 of 4

"… Yarmouth Historical Society Education of our young people has always been a focus for Cumberland and North Yarmouth, and the growth of our schools…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"… flight of men avoiding the draft, and the emigration of young people in search of new opportunities in the west. The Granite and Ice Industries"

Life on a Tidal River - Project Process

"… were curious about what life was like for Bangor young people in the same time period. At Bangor High School, the devastating 1911 Fire and the…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2

"Young researchers, Lubec 5th grade 2008-2009 Robert Wallace, Emma Page, Seth Doherty (Miriam's grandson), Stephanie Wright, Austin Serrato X…"

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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

"… Gardiner Young-Treasurer Joan Moes–Vice President                 Nona Young–President A Friends of the Library Committee was established, headed…"

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… resources to assist homeless women, teach young people, and provide a measure of skills training for the people she ministered to in Dublin."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"There were no casualties or serious injuries caused by the Flood of 1987, but people will still never forget this disaster. Written by Ayden Young"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… Flu” was that unlike most years, when the very young and old suffered the most, the people most likely to die were aged 20-40, because this strain…"