Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… Telegram, "In the matter of planes Maine has one commercial filer whose experience qualifies him for consideration with the best pilots recognized…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… River played no little part in Bangor's growing commercial success. The deep unobstructed river afforded lumbermen a natural highway to national…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… Library According to that 1911 edition of the Commercial it was the most destructive fire ever "visited upon a Maine city, save for the Portland…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"He also owned a ferry business that went from Portland to South Portland until 1896. He was even in the silver and coal mining business in Maine."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railway depot on Commercial Street, there was a “dense mass of human beings, so much so that it was next to…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… Stevens built the new buildings he made them commercial buildings as the owners requested. Some of the businesses that were in the block were…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… built and owned many blocks and buildings in commercial Bath, including part of the Union Block, where 94 Front Street is located, according to…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… Block was John Calvin Stevens who was from Portland. He was the architect for rebuilding burned properties."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"Churchill of Portland was the lead architect. The Opera House had its grand opening in September of 1913."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… Fassett, a Bath native born in 1823, died in Portland in 1908. Fassett who was the architect for the Church Block, also designed the Courthouse …"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… it was dismantled 1999 • 50 lobster/crab, 89 commercial shellfish, 54 scallop, 38 commercial fishing, 42 urchin licenses issued in Lubec •…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… as the lowest of these areas were filled in and Commercial Street was added to the east of Front Street, the landscape of the downtown expanded…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1919 to 1934: The Nation Follows Maine Into Prohibition

"Commercial cargo vessels also illegally smuggled liquor into Maine ports. Rum continued to come from the West Indies in small Maine-made vessels…"