Maine Memory Network

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"Women in positions as town officials and committee members, however, showed significant change over the same time period, slowly including more women…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"Click on the photo, zoom in, and read Info for their names. Degree of Pocahantas float, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society Here's another…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"That’s how we got our nickname.” Women and children were paid by the piece, up to $3 a day in the early years."

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

"Cottage caretakers and landscapers were urgently needed. Insurance representatives, laundries, express service, boat yards, livery stables and…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"All of these women have provided caring and dedicated medical services to the community of Swan’s Island for close to one hundred years."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… island was not formed until 1792, when 15 men and women met in Southwest Harbor to form the Congregational Church of Mount Desert."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… in North Lubec and in West Lubec 1861 • 200 Lubec men, 18 to 40, entered the Union Army, one for every 12 inhabitants 1862 • On December 14 Albion…"

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

"… high tides, swift currents and good boat service between Eastport and Lubec would facilitate successful operation of the plant."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"Prior to the ferry service, this meant attending boarding school, or boarding with other families in the Rockland and Mount Desert Island area."

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Colby College Special Collections

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad station, Strong, ca. 1910 Today one can still hitch ride on the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad at…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Old York Historical Society

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Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… to pay full credit to the memories of our men and women not now with us.” Guilford Town Hall, 1916 CentennialGuilford Historical Society…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"Trade and services were developing. A road between the two settlements was especially important because Sunday worship alternated between the…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 1 of 3

"In 2017, the Institute of Museum and Library Services provided support to photograph, preserve, and add the garments online, including a curated…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"In 1979, Strong began the process of designing and building a new system, consisting of a deep well pumping station on the South Strong Road."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"Men and women have corresponding titles of address in each of the first four degrees: Faith - laborer and maid; Hope -- cultivator and shepherdess…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… of beaver and moose pelts, Church and his men sailed away, and the recorded history of Islesboro (called Longue Island at the time) remains silent…"

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

"Over sixty years of steam service, two captains and three ships: the Vinalhaven, Governor Bodwell, and the North Haven, served the needs of Swan’s…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"Fishermen and women would use bamboo for the material to make fishing poles back then. The bamboo was really weak so it kept breaking, and people had…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Organizational Uniforms

"… Slide Show A somewhat large collection of Armed Services uniforms within the Maine Historical Society collection are complimented by special…"