Maine Memory Network

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"… opportunities although mostly away from the downtown area. Main Street lost its luster as restaurants, department stores and professional offices…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"During the '40s and for several more decades, Downtown was the heart of the community. Photographs from this era paint a picture of a community…"

Portland Public Library

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Allen Building

"… Sidewalk Café, and across the street from Stew’s Downtown Sight and Sound. Sources: Graves III, Richard A. Forgotten Times: A Walk through History."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Canadian and Pacific Railroad

"Sources: Presque Isle Historical Society. “A Self-Guided Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Presque Isle, Maine”. Brochure. Presque Isle, 2007."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Perry Opera House

"A Self-Guided Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Presque Isle, Maine. Brochure. Presque Isle: Author, 2007. Graves, Richard A."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 1 of 17

"… in Biddeford & Saco Biddeford and Saco downtowns, ca.1887McArthur Public Library By Paige S."

Abbe Museum

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Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"… to demolish many historic buildings in the downtown area. The City then applied to the National Park Service for recognition of a 205 acre parcel…"

Historic Hallowell - Disasters - Natural and Man-made

"Hallowell downtown on the screen in background X The process took ten months to complete. Three teachers and more than seventy students were able…"

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

"… and caused over $3 million in damages throughout downtown Bangor and up Center Street Hill as far as Broadway Park."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"Biddeford and Saco downtowns, ca.1887McArthur Public Library Andrews & Horigan Grocery Store, Biddeford, 1899McArthur Public Library While…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Welcome

"The website serves as a "virtual downtown;" a place that brings together the new and the old, the ocean and the land."

Ellsworth Public Library

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 4, pages 57-76

"… a large crowd of Union supporters marched through downtown, "urging" businesses run by Democrats or "secesh" to fly American flags and express…"

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"3, 1969Guilford Historical Society Half the downtown burned in a tremendous fire during a wild snowstorm in ’69, and five businesses were wiped…"

Maine Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… matchstick mills, built iconic buildings in the downtown area and served the community in the House of Representatives, State Senate and on the…"

Bridgton Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… this era check out the Indians and Rusticators exhibit here. Or visit the Abbe Museum, located in downtown Bar Harbor. Building of the Arts Era..."

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"… of a National Historic District to preserve the downtown area. On October 28, 1970, the 205 acre Hallowell National Historic District was entered…"

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

"… every Saturday and Saturday night people would go downtown and that was a treat, to go downtown and sit watching all the people."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - About Us

"The Georges Valley High School is located in downtown Thomaston and serves children from the MSAD 50 district (comprising Cushing, Thomaston and St."

National Archives at Boston

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