Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… been cleaned out of foodstuffs.” Two dealers S.B. Stuart & Co. and the Columbian Packing Co. had good supplies of coal, and wood on hand."

Lincoln, Maine - Aroostook War

"… War was a conflict between Canada and Maine (U.S.), over exactly where the Northeastern border was between the two countries."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Customs and the U.S. Postal Service under a single roof. And Washington Street would soon connect to Water Street, sometimes called Front Street…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"R.S. Morse applied for a patent for a “Cabbage Slicer” and received one on May 24, 1870 for his “favorite” Washtub Agitator."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"• Sardine plants in Maine dwindled from 48 to 15 1976 • Completion of school additions to create a single complex – Lubec Consolidated School 1977 •…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… of the Treasury Department, morphed into the U. S. Coast Guard, Yeaton later became known as the "Father of the Coast Guard." Yeaton, friend and…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"On August 31, 1893 the S.S. Cumberland, captained by William Allen, became the first steamship to carry passengers from Boston to Lubec, arriving to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… of the efforts of United States Senator Edmund S. Muskie, born and raised in Rumford, to enact the 1972 Clean Water Act at the federal level."

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.

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Smillie of the U. S. National Museum in Washington, D. C. details the process of canning. The first step was to cut off heads and tails, and remove…"