Maine Memory Network

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… (1895), the Masonic Temple on Congress Street (1912), the Exposition Building on Park Avenue (1914), and the Rich Building (1892) and the Union…"

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

"The mill burned in February 1912 but was quickly rebuilt. Another plant was built in the early 1920s to make clothespins, peavey and pick-pole…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"According to the Bath Daily Times of June 13th, 1912, William H. Van Dorn was a performer at the Dreamland."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"The 1912 addition was also granite from the same quarry at Mussel Ridge Islands in Penobscot Bay. The architectural style of the 2.5 story building…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"By the spring of 1912, an automobile craze had hit the state and the number of cars in Maine had quadrupled."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"… summers at her home in Strong until her death in 1912. In 1920 the school building was moved up Main Street where it became a private home…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"Between October 1912 and April 1913, he traveled in Europe, spending much of his time in Italy. Upon returning to Boston, he worked on the new MIT…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"On Parker Point, a tennis court was built in 1912 by George Cochran. The tennis court is now gone and all that can be seen is a flattened area where…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"Way back in the fall of 1912, the first records of Hampden Academy Basketball were written, barely 20 years after the game was invented, and long…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"With the approval of 7.13 miles on June 29, 1912, the city of Caribou was joined with the AVR and the line grew to service over 32 miles of the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… at Anderson Pharmacy, purchased the drugstore in 1912, running it successfully until 1933. Merton O."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"In 1912, Kelly Thibodeau became the first girl to work in this Lincoln office. Also in 1912 Frank Bixby installed a pole changer, which is electric…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… Music store at 168 Front Street, was there from 1912 to 1924. Sometimes people came into Bath just to visit and explore the wonderful and diverse…"

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

"Parker Point Golf Club, Blue Hill, ca. 1912 Blue Hill Historical Society The Blue Hill Country Club, on the west side of the inner harbor, began at…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Julia died May 6, 1912, in Auburn. They are buried in modest graves in Strong Village Cemetery. Thanks to the efforts of a group of grateful…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"Lord (1912) Maine At Work in 1861, by Jackson Surry, Maine, 1850-1880: A History of Four Neighborhoods Including A Guide to the Research and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"… 1915Greater Rumford Area Historical Society In 1912, Hugh J Chisholm stepped down as President of Oxford to remain on the board as only a member…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"In 1912 the Baptists and Universalists voted to combine into the Congregational Union Church, with Pastor Rev. Ransom E."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"One historian called the period from 1812 to 1912 the "Waltz Century." The speed, rhythm, and form of the waltz as well as its place in the social…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"… X Grand Temperance Rally Broadside, 1912 Collections of Maine Historical Society Coll. 2096, Box 1/Folder 6 Lillian M."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"Nothing like it ever known in Eastern Maine.” By 1912, however, interest in the attractions of Riverside Park began to fade with the progression of…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"In 1912 this location became the North Guilford School House. It was taught by Gladys (Foss) Davis. In 1916 the Masonic hall and the Odd Fellows Hall…"

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

"1890; Hugh J. Chisholm’s Magic Town, 1882-1912, by Peter McKenna (Master’s Thesis); The Oxford Story, A History of the Oxford Paper Company…"