Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… of hotels, cottages and Indian encampments, 1886 Bird's-eye view maps like this 1886 panorama of Bar Harbor were popular all across the country in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Unitarian Church, Presque Isle, 1895

"… Description The Unitarian Church was erected in 1886 and because of poor attendance was closed in 1932."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 4 of 17

"Andrews Quarry saw great success in 1886 when James Andrews and Sons began a contract for the New York Harlem Bridge and a bridge in Philadelphia to…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Thompson's Memorial

"Thompson in 1886. The marble shop created memorial works, including headstones and gravestones. After Thompson died in 1912, Frank Barney, his son…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"John Pickering Thomas (1886-1944) was born in Portland in 1886 and grew up on Deering Street near his grandfather William Widgery Thomas, a noted…"

Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy

"… the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary opened in 1886 as a place to treat those types of maladies among the poor, and became a full-fledged general…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 3 of 4

"Dated about 1886, Ida M. Bowles wedding dress, a two-piece brown faille (ribbed appearance fabric) ensemble, is notable for iridescent hexagonal…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"1886, p.417. In the latter 1800s, visitors traveled to Mount Desert Island by yacht, train, steamboat, or stagecoach—or a combination of these."

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"In 1886, the building and company were handed over to Samuel R. Payson of Boston. In 1887, Payson changed the name to Kennebec River Mills."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… urban area: city water (1885), electric lights (1886), the horse-drawn and then electric street railway (1888, 1892)."

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… partner, the position Tompson would hold from 1886 to 1891. That year Tompson opened his own office in Portland, which he maintained until his…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… Cultures to Town At a commemorative clambake in 1886, Captain R.G.F. Candage described the enduring allure of Blue Hill that offset the privations…"

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"… and the business started again on January 1, 1886. They used a lot of white birch wood from the local area and they used different machines that…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"Amos Dolbier Starbird family of Freeman, ca. 1886 Edwin Starbird, pictured in center of the back row, took many of the pictures that made Fly Rod…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"Smillie, had taken a photograph in 1886 that probably was the smokehouse Hall described. Continuity of form and function is in evidence one hundred…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Candage, R.G.F. Historical Address, 1886 (reprinted 2006). Candage, R.G.F. Historical Sketches of Blue Hill, Maine, Volume I, 1905.—(LI) Candage…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Huntress

"Aaron died in 1882 on June 14; Jenima died in 1886 on January 19. The children wouldn’t have been educated if Aaron Huntress hadn’t built the school."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"A Brief Historical Sketch of the Life and Sufferings of Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid, by Sumner R.ewell, Esq., circa 1886. (Google)"

Westport Island History Committee

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… Inn (1883), Indian Head (1887), Kimball House (1886), Rock End Hotel (1884), Roberts House (1883), Harbourside Inn (1889), Clifton House (1885) and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"In 1886, crisis struck the Village of Farmington. It was believed that a spark from the railroad engine alighted in a shed on the Pleasant Street…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"It was not until 1886 that a group of concerned citizens who had at one time benefited from the school undertook the task of restoring the old…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… in Presque Isle from East Corinth, Maine in 1886. At the time, he was a salesman for his brother’s company."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… broke loose on Pleasant Street on October 22, 1886. While the local telegraph operator frantically sent SOS messages to surrounding towns, local…"