Maine Memory Network

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

"… Portland! Here at our site, you can explore many different historical artifacts. You will find a historical narrative, an exhibit on the history of…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Sports

"Coverage of different types of sports was all encompassing, and includes photos of boxing, baseball, football, golf, horseshoes, swimming, basketball."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Police Department

"… and into the middle 1900's, police were very different from now. Some things that have changed are their firearms, uniforms, expenses, and the term…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Fire Department Technology

"For the past 300 years different types of fire fighting technology have come through the fire department."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"… of Biddeford's residents were foreign-born, with different cultures and religions than the old Yankee stock."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Exhibits

"In many ways we are not really different from other small Maine towns. In some ways we are different."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"He discusses the differences in different places during the Great Depression, and his father's experience with investments during the stock market…"

Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"… brought the skills of a midwife and caregiver that often meant the difference between life and death for her neighbors. Next step in our journey."

Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!

"… the mountain now encompasses a mix of people with many different backgrounds and a vibrant cultural life surrounded by wilds, woodlands and water."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin gate design, Bangor, 1867

"… a series of gates and fences appropriate for different uses. Gate no 6, he wrote on page 13 of his "Scrap Book No 3," "is designed not to be…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Two star skaters, Bangor, 1868

"… Bangor skater Charles Perry is shown in four different positions and a young man from Canada in four positions while skating at the new Bangor…"

Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"Awards were handed out to winners of different competitions. There were two different categories of awards: department awards and private owned…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"One includes the Dinah Pinard. The Pinard was different from other cars because of how it sat so low to the ground."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - About Us

"… was formed, who could bring an array of different backgrounds and specialties to the project."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"Quilted petticoats of different fabrics and degrees of quilting complexity were worn under short gowns (so called because they extended only a short…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 4 of 4

"… virtually the same styling, chosen by two very different women, from two different walks of life, demonstrate the democratic, equalizing nature of…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"… prolific silk fabric production made all kinds of different silk garments and trimmings available, and relatively affordable, including silk coats."

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Overview

"… commissions, perhaps executed over time, by different architects, or different aspects of a distinct site."

Architecture & Landscape database - Search the Database

"… worked on the same project over time, or if a different architect worked on a given project at a later date, the database may include more than one…"

Music in Maine - Music in Maine

"Wabanaki songs reaching back 13,000 years are distinct from Franco chansons. Lumberjack work chants and sailor shanties differ from operas sung by…"

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"The different reverends attended up to four times a year over the 1880s. Winn was held as a center of Catholicism, and reverends attended different…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"They examined many different maps to see how the buildings at their address had changed shape over the years."

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"… Historical Society In 1958, Prides opened in a different location. Prides Manufacturing Company is located at 169 Water Street in Guilford."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Comparisons

"… Ice Storm and 1998 Ice Storm There isn’t much difference between the Iowa Ice Storm of 2010 and the Maine and Canada Ice Storm of 1998."