Maine Memory Network

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"Part of it is most likely the lack of money and the other part is about not wanting to offend people of certain religions."

Historic Hallowell - The Information Call Script

"MELISSA: OK WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW? GABBY: FIRST I WOUD LIKE TO KNOW YOUR NAME, BEAUSE I AM NOT SURE WHAT TO CALL YOU. MELISSA: MY NAME IS MRS."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Marion Sanborn

"And you know like some would be so cross at you for doing something stupid like that and he wasn’t at all."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"You couldn’t go pick up a loaf of bread or do anything like that. But you know, they was good to the kids too."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"… the house; you wouldn’t have to go to an office like you do now. Were your parents strict? At times they were strict."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"And there was a filter you had to put on it, and you had to careful that you weren’t putting it on a surface that could be damaged by it."

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"But we all had to work and we all were very fortunate to earn a nickel and, when I look back on it, they (the owners) had a lot of expense, too."

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"The Masonic Hall was built by Asa F. Richardson in 1904 for the purpose of meetings and other purposes. It was located on the intersection of Main…"

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place ~ Once Again

"… sent out, I say you have a dear old town left to you, filled to the brim with memories so varied, so overwhelming, that I consider it a privilege…"

Historic Hallowell - Solid Foundations - Lasting Legacies

"You can learn more about the events and how you can help by visiting the Hallowell 250th website! Warren Street School, Hallowell, ca."

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"It is faster to go across the bridge than to go on a ferry. You could also get wet very easily from riding the ferry, but with the bridge, it is…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"Perhaps to a mariner such as A.C. Savage his houses and outbuildings were considered another form of vessel like his schooners, and it did not seem…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Site Navigation Tips

"If you access the files in Adobe Reader you will be able to see the "correct" page numbers of each section -- rather than the PDF-assigned numbers…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"We have used it to create tours. You will see that these maps combine several of the other features of Google Earth seen in maps linked above."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"… many other islands was filled with people, and like many other islands, had its own traditions and culture which you could say were more oriented…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"… you have some trouble to read my writing, but you must get used to it for I cannot write any better not now and I think I never can learn to do any…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"… do you remember about the stock market crash? Like how old were you then? Woodrow Wilson: I was not to well acquainted with that."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"We are encamped close to White Oak Swamp—or rather a pond which flows from it—it is stocked with Pike, Perch, Chubs, Eels and Turtle- of the later we…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"You come here if you don’t have a lot of money… at that point you did. Because, you know, Bar Harbor, Northeast… those are people with money."…"

Guilford, Maine - EXHIBITS

"EXHIBITS We hope you enjoy the tour of Guilford through our Exhibits. The five exhibits were written and designed by MCHP Guilford Team Members Tom…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"“So if you got a job, you could probably buy the farm and we could use it as a house. We could keep the farm running.” Keith looked surprised."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"… meetings were once every month and every month you had monthly dues that you had to pay. The dues did not cost much now, but then 10 cents was a…"

Life on a Tidal River - Fashion of the '40s

"Just think, could you ever live through the circumstances of fashion like many did during the 1940s? Fashion More examples of fashion during the…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2

"It was terrible. When you hear a word of it, you can see it in your head. You feel so bad; Miriam’s friends were gone."