Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Search the Collections

"If available, page level search results will first bring the user to the volume (indicating that volume contains matching data,) and then to specific…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Playing at the pond

"After the quarry shut down entirely, its water level remained high year-round. The Quarry Pond has been used for swimming ever since."

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

"The long, smooth hipped skirt with two knee level deep box pleats at front and back evoke the style."

Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Historic Hallowell - Earning Our Keep

"… tasks of human existence vary little at the basic level. So it was in Hallowell. Quickly, however - as it was in all Maine communities – focus…"

Rockland Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 3 of 3

"This reduced the capacity of the reservoir by about one-half from its original planned level. Sources: Rumford Water District – A Short History by…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Search the Database

"… searches for items at the commission (project) level. A commission is presented as single Maine Memory Network record."

Fifth Maine Regiment Museum

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"… a variety of businesses and services on all levels. Efforts to revive the downtown area continue, but it will never be restored to its former…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 2 of 3

"… for girls, which included creating college-level courses available to young ladies. These courses were taught by the well-educated nuns from Quebec…"

Ellsworth Public Library

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Surry by the Bay - Welcome

"Surry middle level students and teachers, in partnership with the Surry Historical Society and other community members, have spent much of the…"

Strong Historical Society

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Maine Department of Transportation

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"

"On a local level, changes in Portland city government and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan were motivated by anti-immigrant sentiments."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 2 of 2

"Her satin ball gown features the almost natural level waist of the 1820s. The wide waistband and puff sleeve cuffs are trimmed with the fashionable…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 2 of 3

"… is characteristically loose with waists at hip level, and longish or just above ankle-length skirts."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4

"… closure with four large flat pearl buttons, waist level buckled belt, and a straight skirt with a single neat pleat falling below knee at one side."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 1 of 3

"The natural waist level belt encircling the coat and long pelerine (cape) tails emphasizes the skirt's spreading hemline."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Student Narrative of MDI History

"… we just escaped being lost on a little rock on a level with the water, which made an opening in our barque near the keel."

Historic Hallowell - Timeline of Cyclone

"Brown was a morning watchman on the top level of the cotton mill. As he started working, he heard an ominous ripping noise which lifted the roof…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is built - 1823 to 1824

"… 10’ deep, exposed to the elements below ground level. After working in the quarries all day, prisoners would descend by ladders into their deep…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Historical Society

"Students at all levels consult the museum staff regarding research resources for history projects. Every autumn, as part of their studies of local…"