Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… child rearing, cooking, and caring for the sick, elderly, and dead. She took on these roles in an era where there were no modern services as we…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"… the personal collection of Denny Robertson, Linda Elder, and Cordell Snow. —(LI) Thesis on Shipbuilders of Blue Hill by Rebecca Herrick—(SHIP)…"

Historic Hallowell - The City of Hallowell

"… bank to get power to the area and get food to the elderly and needy. Police officers were dealing with downed power lines, blocking them off and…"

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

"Elder Pendleton & Ross Edwin B. Patten Isaac W. Patten John A. Peters George W. Ladd John S. Ricker Henry McLaughlin Ambrose C. Warren D. M. Howard T."

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"A daguerreotype of each of these portraits was made for family members. Stephen’s daguerreotype copy is part of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House…"

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"On August 31, 1978, Timothy Hasset, director for development of Maine Housing Authority, said that the construction of the new apartments would begin…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"Not only were they housing people in shelters but the number of Red Cross shelters activated and filled was the most in Maine history."

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"A man who was elderly and was from Vassalboro died when he fell down some steps in the dark. A man from Waterville died from carbon monoxide…"

Historic Hallowell - Cotton Mill & Johnson Shoe Citations

"“Old shoe factory will be converted to elderly housing.” Kennebec Journal 31 Aug. 1978: N. pag. Webber, Sumner."

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"Some elders where rushed out of nursing homes without power, and moved to shelters where there was power."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"Once Elder Margaret died in Maine, her estate was turned over to Trustees - Thompson and Richard; from probate records it appears they took very good…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"and Abigail Stone on October 3, 1752. The elder Stephen Titcomb had come to Kennebunk from Newburyport, MA."

Music in Maine - Music Makers

"Elise Fellows White spent her elder years between Maine and New York making a meager living writing poetry and articles on topics from music theory…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… Maine Governor Plaisted, left, and the late Maine elder statesman James G. Blaine. At the extreme right of the school photo note the roof corner of…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"Plummer “ “ “ A. Elder “ “ “ West Village Old Mill DamNew Portland Historical Society The West Village was once a very prosperous place, mills…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"Ella called elderly people every morning as a community service. People called Ella to contact the doctor if he and his assistant were busy with…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

"951, vol. 53 Elder Benjamin D. Peck, a close associate of Neal Dow in the temperance crusade, served as State Treasurer from 1857 to 1860."

Music in Maine - Sacred Music

"Simple Gifts written in 1848 by Maine’s Elder Joseph Brackett of Alfred Shaker Village, achieved wide acclaim when composer Aaron Copland slowed the…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… impacted the economy and lives of those elderly, wives, and children left behind. Leverett and Addie Morgan's son did not want to join the war…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"I have a number of elderly neighbors and so we would make coffee in the morning, we had a lot of those mugs with the covers on them."

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

"Most people left in Stockholm were elderly people that couldn’t leave or farmers that wouldn’t leave."

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"… held to see if the plantation would agree to give Elder Thomas Macomber an invitation to settle here as town minister. On June 7, Mr."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"Using the profits from the fair, the Lions help elderly people by sending fruit baskets at Christmas."