Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Dirigo Writing Book, Farmington, 1887

"… book called the "Dirigo Writing Book for Common Schools" was published in Portland by Loring, Short, and Harmon--Booksellers and Stationers in…"

Haystack Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Student genealogy

"When Kim Colbeth's 3-5th grade class started studying the island quarries, many of her students had stories about a common relative: Fritz Johnson."

Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Culture

"… it served as a gathering space for citizens with common cultural concerns, and it was considered to be the repository of items of historic…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 6 of 17

"… cloth is now not one-quarter of the producing in common times, and every week it is growing smaller."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"1911Dixfield Historical Society DIXFIELD COMMON (CENTER) The First Section to be Settled Even in absentia, the influence of Col."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Duchess Anjoulene apple, Bangor, 1866

"… the branches which had the fruit as large as a common pipe stem." Below the apple, he wrote, "4 ft 8 1/2 inches high, Lowest branch 7 inches from…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"The most common themes were information about ships in harbor, what the longshoremen were working on, and notable large fish that were caught."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3

"What was common here was foreign to my mother and father. Potatoes are extremely common here, but my mother had never heard of the word “potato”…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 4 of 4

"… I have no Kind, and I be master of my lands in common.” This remains our distinction, and our responsibility as Wabanaki people—to care for our…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Development of an Island-wide Identity

"… people from throughout the island and beyond in a common pursuit of knowledge and education. Perhaps this trend is no better illustrated than in…"

Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"As a judge on the Court of Common Pleas in Kennebec County, in 1794 he presided over a paternity case involving one of Martha Ballard's patients."

Historic Hallowell - Johnny Stringer ~ A Character of Industry

"1848Hubbard Free Library One of the more common, but interesting, products was handmade clothes pins produced by one of the city’s more colorful…"

Historic Hallowell - Ship Parts

"… invention of the sewing machine.) Anchors were commonly made of stone or iron and took up to a year to craft."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Fred Urquhart Farm, Presque Isle

"Common fertilizers are rated as having certain variable percentages of nitrogen (N) phosphorous (P) and potassium (K)."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Georges Valley High School

"This project has allowed community members a common endeavor to focus on with students in two classes."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 14 of 17

"Layoffs were common for mill workers, many of which were forced to rely on the city's Poor Farm for Assistance program."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Public Library

"… a repository for books, but rather, serves as the common ground and heart of Scarborough. On average, 2500 visitors come to the Library each week."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"However, in the 1960s, round tables became common to encourage students to work together. Today, portable desks and tables are common in schools."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures

"… A bike ride to get together with friends was common place. If a car was available, a ride around the island was a pleasant way to spend the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"… be very much influenced by our neighbors on the Common and in East Dixfield. Bicentenial Memorabilia Seal, Dixfield, 2003.Dixfield Historical…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Circus swing, Boston, 1853

"… of a circus he attended at the Boston Commons on July 4, 1853. Martin, an accountant and shopkeeper who kept meticulous records and, probably…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"… vest in the MHS collection, are the most commonly surviving items of mid-eighteenth-century male dress. Robinson pitcher, ca."