Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"1900-1920: Kneisel Hall: Kneisel Hall was established in 1902 by conductor Franz Kneisel. Kneisel worked for the Boston Symphony Orchestra as a…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"… the dedication of the new Carnegie Library around 1900. Members of the band can be seen sitting on the knoll to the left of the Library building."

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware

"In 1900 a contractor built E.A. Weatherbee’s Hardware store for Edward Albert Weatherbee, Albert Washington Weatherbee’s son."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"1905 Click for Slideshow In 1900 it became necessary to construct a larger Village School due to an increase in population."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"Around 1900 summer church services were held in an outdoor grove on the corner of Roxbury Road and Poplar Hill, near the Walton School."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"Greele's Tavern, 1770, created ca. 1900 Charles Quincy Goodhue (1835-1910) Pencil sketch Collections of Maine Historical Society In the tumult of the…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"Charles G. Weld's North Haven cottage Ca. 1900 Courtesy of the Pingree Family and Maine Historic Preservation Commission From the 1870s onward…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"This band broke up in 1900, and there were no more organized bands until the late 1940s. Music was taught in the High School by then and a school…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"… Historical Society In the late part of 1900, two brothers from Jemtland came to live in the uprising Stockholm."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"1900 In the 19th and early 20th centuries, steamship was the preferred means of travel to Mount Desert Island.Mount Desert Island Historical Society…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"But in 1900 the school experienced disaster. The Mansion burned, and with it went the 3000 volume library and all the early records of the school…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"and was living in Portland in the 1900 Census with wife Annie and daughter Margaret; a daughter, Ruth, was born in Portland in 1901."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… Historical Society & Museum On 4 December 1900 New England was hit by an extremely severe storm."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"of glass. C. H. Jenkins established his houses in 1900 with around 6,000 ft., while Howard C. Blanchard started around 1903 with over 4,000 ft."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Between 1860 and 1900, four shipyards closed, the mines failed, and the town's population dropped 25 percent. Perhaps F.B."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… population had been fished to exhaustion by 1900, and around 1857 lobster fishing began to grow in popularity."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"In 1900, contracts were awarded for the actual construction. As the construction started, Mr. Chisholm was making a detailed survey of the markets…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"X Wine Caster for a traveling case, ca. 1875-1900 American Cut glass Collections of Maine Historical Society; gift of Mrs."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… one thousand new farms sprung up between 1890 and 1900; the value of land and buildings increased from 7.5 million dollars to 11 million dollars…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… $40,000 toward the construction of a Casino in 1900. This Casino was not intended for gambling but rather as a venue for theater, sporting events…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"1921Great Harbor Maritime Museum In 1900 when the YMCA opened in Bar Harbor (in a building that is now the site of the Abbe Museum) the organization…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"In 1900 there were about 70 bars operating in Bangor. Laws intended to stop the sale and use of liquor were often ignored."

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

"Auto racing was popular at Bass Park in the early 1900's. On September 15, 1992 the first-ever trans-Atlantic balloon race took place with teams from…"