Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"A well-dressed family sat for Charles L. Marston of Bangor between 1856 and 1859. Marston skillfully posed the seven sitters - a father, mother…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor post Civil War parade, 1865

"This boy is one of the age 11-14 group who "were uniformed in Zouave, red, picken red caps, white waists, red cambrick pants white cotton stockings…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"… came to Hampden in 2004, where he met a group of boys that would have the will to win a state championship! The 2005 team consisted of Evan Farley…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"… century, these records reveal what different groups from various backgrounds and cultures understood this region to be, what they wanted it to…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 1 of 5

"Just as the large manuscript collections of the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors reveal dramatic conflict over land claims in the mid-coast region…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… Manola Gilman of Cumberland Mills noted “you boys are about as safe in France now tho [sic] as the people are around here."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"The Superintendent of the Boys Training Center in South Portland wrote Sister Annunciata to say “thank you for permitting the Singing Nuns from the…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"… in 1749, and was one of several proprietor groups operating in the District of Maine before and after the American Revolution."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"This group of wealthy, well connected merchants organized as “The Proprietors of the Kennebeck Purchase from the late Colony of New-Plymouth,” The…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"In April, 1871, a group of farmers organized the Sandy River Cheese Company, the first in the state."

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

"… the 1950s were all about the Brooklyn Dodger's "boys of summer" the late 1970s and early 1980s on Swan's Island were the "golden years" for the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"Each member of the group would do some work in natural history or science during their time on the island."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"The group returned to their homes in Topsham to get supplies, axes, saws and other tools to begin the hard job of clearing the land."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"But it was a great one for the boys of Mount Desert High School. They won the state championship that year and became the greatest basketball…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"… Pinkham, Down East Books, 2009 Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine, Thomas Desjardin, Oxford University Press, 1995 Civil War Regiments from Maine…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"You’re a noble boy, you’re our pride and joy, we love you, yes we do, You have won every heart, we’ll be with you at the start, At the finish we’re…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Junior Martin in cadet uniform, Bangor, ca. 1871

"(1857-1929) was one of a group of boys in the Select School in Bangor and a few from the grammar school who formed a cadet company and began in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"He worked as a water boy for the construction crew of the European and North American Railroad. Upon the death of his father, Arthur headed west to…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… a fairy tale, when I think of myself as a small boy moving along among so many busy people, all actively engaged in the pursuits and business…"

Skowhegan Community History - Early Settlement in Skowhegan

"The group was made up of five people: Eli Weston, age 12; Isaac Smith, age 15; Joseph Weston; Peter Haywood; and Samuel Weston."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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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."

Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"Courtesy of Lori Smith. X The Blue Mountain Boys, 1960 Courtesy of the Bluegrass Music Association of Maine X Born in Kentucky, Jimmy Cox…"