Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"… other locations along Maine’s woodlands and coast. One of the most photographed events at the convention was a lobster bake and buffet held at the…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… were never found and the last time they were seen was off of the coast of Cape Cod at 7:10 P.M. Frances Grayson was 35 years old when she died."

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"When James Vickery died in 1997 at the age of eighty, he left his collection of early Maine images to his friend, Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Coasting Law of 1789

"… Registering and Clearing Vessels, Regulating the Coasting Trade, and for Other Purposes" (often shortened to the "Coasting Law") of 1789 was a…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… Coast One of the last places on the Maine coast to be settled by the English was the Penobscot Bay region including what is now known as the town…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"… established themselves along the Maine coast. As early as November 1652, inhabitants of Kittery swore their allegiance to the government of…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… no longer be based on the hindrance of the former Coasting Law, and many who had previously held out began to support an independent Maine.[28]…"

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

"This, of course, was due to the Coasting Law, which would "result in irreparable damage" to the commercial interests of the mercantile coastal…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - Overview: Road to Statehood

"On the coast, commercial traders felt bound to Massachusetts because of otherwise inconvenient shipping laws, and a growing inland debate ensued over…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - After the War: The First Victory for Separationists

"… with squatter-proprietor tensions and the Coasting Law likely still fueling the sentiments of the two voter bodies.[25] Despite the vote's failure…"

Hudson Museum

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Earll, R. Edward, The Coast of Maine and its Fisheries, for the 1880 U.S. Fish Commission 1887. Ellis, Kathleen, Lignell, “In the Sardine Factory or…"

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands

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Blue Hill, Maine - Picnicking, Blue Hill, 1907

"… Description Picnicking along the coast of Blue Hill in 1907. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Islands of the Mid-Maine Coast: Blue Hill and Penobscot Bays, 1982. —(LI) O’Leary, W.M. Maine Sea Fisheries: The Rise and Fall of a Native Industry…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Mary Ellen Chase

"She wrote 39 books and countless articles, many of them dealing with the Coast of Maine and its people. (Image of Mary Ellen Chase)"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Coast Guard, Yeaton later became known as the "Father of the Coast Guard." Yeaton, friend and companion to Allan, retired in 1798 to his North Lubec…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"Located midway along the Maine coast, the site had desirable access by the Georges River. One of its most desirable features was the presence of a…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"Many of the ships built on the Maine coast were owned and crewed by locals. Fishing villages up and down the coast sent men and boats offshore."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"… tribes in Maine were nomadic, traveling to the coast in the summer for fishing, stopping to plant crops in fertile lands along the way."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"The mysterious shipwreck of The Don, off the coast of Harpswell, on June 29, 1941, took the lives of 34 men and women from the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… families who came to spend long summers on the coast of Maine. Rusticators started arriving in the late 1800’s."

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

"… Road Heading north and east from Boston along the coast of Maine, a shore road known as King's Highway was established in 1653."