Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"The Civil War started people thinking about civil rights, like rights for women and people of other races."

Maine and the Civil War - Headstone, unknown Confederate soldier, Gray, 1979

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War & Biddeford

"… Library "That same devotion to the cause of right let us still cherish, and let every act of ours whether official or private, be such as brings…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 3 of 4

"… A naturly clumsy chap to be and in fact I am all right. The weather is mild and pleasant, although we have had it bad enough for the past week We…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… that Britain and France would see value in the rights of a neutral commerce. However, the Embargo Act created severe hardship and depression in the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hannibal Hamlin, Bangor, 1866

"… secure in future our civil, moral, and religious rights." Hamlin was a lawyer in Hampden before the Civil War."

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"Jonathan Clay, Jr. Killed in the Civil War at Petersubrg, VA. He was buried in a mass grave. X Brent Davis "Compare and contrast your topic in…"

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

"… Cemetery, Ellsworth 1890 Maine Census Index of Civil War Veterans African-American Civil War Monument, Washington, D.C."

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas S. Libby

"Thomas grew up on a farm right on the outskirts of Albion, planting and harvesting food for his community, and got a small education at the age of 13."

Lincoln, Maine - Newspapers

"… for a while and I have not been able to find the right puppy. My name has been in the News under the perfect attendance for school and I enjoy…"

Music in Maine - Community Music

"They offered women equal voting rights long before the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. At its height in 1907, Maine had 417 Granges with…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 2 of 3

"Photography Workshop X At right, Dani Fazio, Image Services Coordinator for the Maine Historical Society, taught a photography workshop for…"

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

"Proprietors had a right to take out one bound volume for two months at a time. The fine for an overdue book stood at one cent per day, and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 2 of 4

"… petitioned the Massachusetts Legislature for the right to form their own parish, separate from The Church Under the Ledge, and this became the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"The meetings were sometimes about voting rights for black veterans. During the picnics they also talked about life and the war."

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943

"… "Clifford Stevens- left" "Laurence Burke on right" "Stewart Moody at bottom" "The aviator is some Beatham" "Archer boy & (illegible) at right of…"

Lincoln, Maine - Eastern Manufacturing Company, Lincoln, ca. 1920 - Page 1 of 2

"In the bottom right of the photograph is a conveyor belt that put wood in a box car and shipped it to Brewer."

Lincoln, Maine - Pulp Mill, Penobscot River, 1902 - Page 1 of 2

"The trestle at right is still used by the railway today. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Lincoln, Maine - Lower Main Street looking north, Lincoln, ca. 1948

"On the right is Milt Knight's Variety Store. The small building is the Shanty Restaurant with Sadie's Lunch next to it."

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church, Lincoln, ca. 1925

"The presence of the Lincoln Theatre (at right), built in 1923 to replace the Odd Fellows Hall after it burned in 1922, suggests that this photo was…"

Lincoln, Maine - High Street Bridge, Lincoln, ca. 1903

"The large white building on the right is the Plumly Building, home of the Post Office in Lincoln. The home in the center belonged to Ira Fish."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"He is seeing what I am doing right now in the class. He probably is happy that I’m talking about him in this project that I’m doing."

Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1920

"The beautiful building on the right was the Litton House. The next building is Gateway Motors which is now Cole Whitney."

Lincoln, Maine - View of Lincoln from Ballard Hill, ca. 1913

"On the extreme right, the railroad tracks can be seen on West Broadway. Left of the tracks, the white house with the big set of barns is what is now…"