Maine Memory Network

Bean supper complaint, 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1959 Location: Gardiner Media: Postcard

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Student "Supper Bunch," Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1917 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Guarding Maine Rail Lines

Black soldiers served in Maine during World War II, assigned in small numbers throughout the state to guard Grand Trunk rail lines from a possible German attack. The soldiers, who lived in railroad cars near their posts often interacted with local residents.

Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Fair souvenir, Farmington Public Library, 1890

"They sponsored two suppers, as well as musical programs each evening at the Music Hall. Ice cream and lemonade were served during intermission."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 3 of 3

"Families brought their lunch, and for supper they would snake at the food booths. Still today, Dot goes to the Northern Maine Fair to watch the races."

Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall

Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.

Peace in Maine
by Rebekah Tower

My story is about my family vacations to Maine when I was growing up.