Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Phair House, the Bellstead and the Social Security Building

"Beaulier who operated it as a boarding house. Beaulier sold the house in 1944 to the Bell Telephone Company and they used it to house out-of-town…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"Then she placed the clothing on a pantry board, or table, and one piece at a time ironed the clothing to get the wrinkles out."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop

"… receive 66¢, and that Knox was also to provide “board, lodging, and washing, but not their liquor.” Later, in 1801, Jacobs took out a lease on the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock

"… a technique of cutting and beveling wooden siding boards at intervals to simulate stone blocks. Oftentimes, sand was applied with paint to imitate…"

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

"… to one entry on September 7, 1805, Knox sent on board three different vessels a shipment of 61,500 bricks, 40,000 bricks, and 5,000 bricks, all…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Flying Torah

"… the 'Flying Torah,' Bangor, 1945 Chaplain Gordon Boarding the plain with the TorahBangor Public Library A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - EXPLORE the history of Biddeford, Maine...

"Passengers boarding trolley at Five Points, Biddeford, ca. 1900McArthur Public Library City Building commemorative cup, Biddeford, ca."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"… resources were utilized right away, and "pine boards and staves (for barrells) and clapboards" were among the first things made for trading…"

Guilford, Maine - CONTACT US

"… Site Administrator GUILFORD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD Carrie Fellows, GEDB Chair/MCHP Member MCHP Events Coordinator - 876-3407 PISCATAQUIS…"

Guilford, Maine - RESOURCES

"… Middle School/SAD4 Guilford Economic Development Board Guilford Memorial Library Piscataquis River Festival Lilac Capital of Maine Chicadee Capital…"

Alfred Historical Committee

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 3 of 3

"… contained neatly handwritten records of school board meetings. One directors’ report included an entry that George W."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"Although our farms have declined, the Board of Selectmen recently endorsed the state’s efforts in the promotion of farming throughout the state."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's cart, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… now I made a perfect cart with stake rings side boards Snibells to lip up and all the acoutrements for both a tight body and a sloven hay racks…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Bangor, 1849

"Raynes (1830-1918) pictures him as he is about to board the bark Suliote on January 24, 1849, sailing from Bangor to California and the Gold Rush."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"… curtains The wood shed & out house fence Rough boards no paint Resivoir scuttles cast iron set in granit square blocks." View additional…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 4 of 5

"… grant, Bernard received an angry letter from the Board of Trade brusquely (and inaccurately) informing him that “the River Penobscot has always…"

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

"… draughts, and covered the ceilings with matched boards (tongue and groove). Original Log CabinNew Sweden Historical Society Gable-L…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… of bed springs 54 1/2 of shingles 15in 73 feet of boards 17 barrels of pot ashes 1 pair of wheels lamb, potato, fish, bread, butter 15m 73 feet of…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"Each municipality had its Overseers of the Poor board, and the board was responsible for relieving and supporting all poor and indigent persons…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Privy

"As many as 20 people boarded in the house next to the Corey family. These different living places were home for factory workers, store clerks…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"… in the Lewiston Historic Preservation Review Board, Greater Portland Landmarks, Maine Citizens for Historic Preservation, the Maine Arts Festival…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"… first settlers had hewn timber, procured boards and planks from the mill at Cobbossee, and built a comfortable frame house of two stories in front…"

Skowhegan Community History - Bloomfield Academy

"A board of directors was appointed and among the members were Eli Weston, John Weston, and Solomon Steward of Canaan. They first met in 1812."