Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading sugar beets, Aroostook County, ca. 1975

"Sugar beets consequently fell out of favor. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"While the idea of a separate colony quickly lost favor and was rejected by March of 1730, the Privy Council determined that political control of the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3

"… in the workforce and outdoor activities, favored a more naturally curved silhouette with plain, sensible skirts (still worn with corsets) and shirt…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"… informal one-piece muslin gowns such as those favored by French Queen Marie Antoinette and her circle as an alternate to the extravagant excess of…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"The area became favorable to southern New Englanders because there was plenty of land for younger sons to inherit."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"… the county—famous by reason of its antiquity, its favorable situation upon the Penobscot, and the stirring events which occurred within it during…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… 26 of July Maine citizens voted 17,091-7,132 in favor of separation.[30] The District of Maine was now officially independent from Massachusetts…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… of the traditional brick Georgian Revival style favored for high school and college buildings, calling it “way behind the times”, “antique”, and…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"Thomas favored the Shingle Style and the Colonial Revival for his houses and the Romanesque Revival for his public and commercial buildings."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 1 of 7

"… hoped juries in company towns would be more favorable to their legal arguments. A full understanding of the course of Maine history before its 1820…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Passamaquoddy Hereditary Chief Francis Joseph Neptune

"… river wanted to extend the border line in their favor. Chief Francis Joseph Neptune was stuck in the middle of this battle of words for an…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"Inland towns and communities favored separation, while those on the coast opposed it. This, of course, was due to the Coasting Law, which would…"

Historic Hallowell - Whaling

"… the tongue, which was given to the church as a favored delicacy. Soon after, the British and the Dutch began whaling."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… of a promotional plan; she had been highly in favor of commercial air service and Boston & Maine Airways had just inaugurated its Maine service.(2)…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"… an overwhelming defeat, 9,404 against to 3,370 in favor.[23] [19] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 41. [20] Edes’ Kennebec Gazette, 1/6/1803."

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"Thomas was a highly accomplished designer who favored the Georgian Revival style for commercial buildings such as the United States Trust Company…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… west that grew crops where the climate was more favorable for horticulture. As hunters, gatherers, and foragers, the Native residents of Mount…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"… painted the bright red that John McCurdy favored. On the roof peak there was a fixed ventilator."

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"… would almost absolutely be different, in Canada’s favor. Aroostook War Map X To prove this statement with research, I found that Canada…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… Boundary Dispute with Great Britain in Maine’s favor. During his third term, he traveled from Portland, then the state capital, to Augusta to speak…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… and proposing a bill to the Maine Legislature in favor of the establishment of independent Normal Schools in Maine."

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

"… candy and gasoline to the "rat cheese" much favored on the island. Store owners on the island did not always expect to make a handsome profit…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… carefully throughout 1898 and, initially, very favorable articles appeared lauding the good character of Jernegan and Fisher – “The presence of…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… and unique creations and still be able to compete favorably against the mass-produced items. Roxy Parker, Islesboro, 1930Islesboro Historical…"