Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Madame Nordica concert poster, ca. 1897

"The year is not certain, but Nordica undertook a tour of the United States in 1897. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"

Hose 5 Fire Museum

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Ellsworth Public Library

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village Schools

"Students from grades sub-primary to eighth grade attended this school from 1897-19 . Two teachers were responsible for their education."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economy on Mt. Desert Island

"The Bar Harbor Hospital was built in 1897, MDI Biological Laboratory began as the Tufts Summer School of Biology in 1898, and the Jackson Laboratory…"

Hubbard Free Library

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Bridgton Historical Society

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L.C. Bates Museum/Good Will-Hinckley

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Brick Works

"… Statistics for the State of Maine, published in 1897, states that Boston became the chief market and promoter of Maine brick yards somewhere…"

Turner Museum and Historical Society

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Peru Historical Society

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Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"Print. Postcard of 1897 Auditorium X Postcard of 1897 Auditorium With Horsedrawn Carriages X Photo of Handbill for 1906 Music Festival…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… appointed postmistress She held the office until 1897 when she was succeeded by Llewellyn V Joyce In 1897 a new office was established in what was…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards

"… means of transportation became available in 1897. That was the year the Bangor, Hampden & Winterport Electric Railway made its maiden run down the…"

Mt. Desert Island Hospital

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… founded a social club of their own in 1897, situated in a seaside cottage within spying range of the Reading Room."

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… (1911), the Emerson School on Munjoy Hill (1897-98), the Wilde Chapel in Evergreen Cemetery (1902), the Castle in Deering Oaks (1894), the Armory…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Reform and Repeal

"… Acadian entrepreneurs from Van Buren, Patrick (1897-1959) made beer for sale and Marie (1903-1975) occasionally smuggled in liquor from Canada…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"What is known is that in 1897 the Reverend Frank Davis, pastor of the Congregational Church of Cumberland from 1892 to 1899, and his wife, Helen…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

"1885Maine Historical Society Neal Dow (1804-1897), ca. 1880 Collections of Maine Historical Society; gift of Nathan Goold X The Portland…"

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… ordained Baptist minister, came to North Lubec in 1897 and leased Hiram Comstock's grist mill at the mouth of Mill Creek, later converting it to…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… moved its clam packing business to Portland in 1897, but continued to employ Pine Point diggers because the firm’s reputation had been based partly…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"New York Sportsman's Show booth, 1897 "Camp Oquossoc" displayed expert taxidermy and the latest sporting equipment from all over Maine."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"… By mid-century, Portland's Neal Dow (1804-1897) changed the tactics of the battle against alcohol by adopting a legislative approach."