Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Paul Fleming, WW II, South Germany, 1945

"His service was mainly in Europe, fighting in the well-known Battle of the Bulge in Germany. He was discharged on February 14, 1946."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Montpelier

"Bullfinch’s travels to Europe in the late 18th century acquainted him with the Scottish architect Robert Adams, who popularized the Adamesque style…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Elizabeth Akers Allen, née Chase

"While in Europe she served as a correspondent for the Portland Transcript and the Boston Evening Gazette."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"… left Dow with supplies and personnel headed for Europe, Africa, and Asia. During the '40s and for several more decades, Downtown was the heart of…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 1 of 4

"… Historical Society Silk was imported from Europe and expensive. For many women, a silk dress was an investment, a best dress for Sunday, or for…"

Music in Maine - Longfellow Family Music

"… Historical Society During his travels in Europe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow carried a flute to break the ice and communicate with people in rural…"

Historic Hallowell - Historic Hallowell Resources and Links

"… but also has maps of the World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. The collection includes atlases, globes, school geographies, books, maritime…"

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… an essential ingredient scarce in nearly treeless Europe - wood ashes. An early Hallowell newspaper, the American Advocate, featured an…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 3 of 3

"… United States but they began to export throughout Europe, Canada, Japan and Australia. The great flood of 1987 dealt a devastating blow to the…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… International Style he had helped to develop in Europe. Between 1937 and 1941, Eaton Tarbell learned the principles of modernism that he employed…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"… at MIT were followed by travel in England and Europe in 1890 and 1891. Upon returning to Maine in 1891, Elmer Thomas opened his own practice…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… Harvard President Charles William Eliot, in Europe, young Charles had use of the family yacht (the Sunshine) and camping gear."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"With the profits from that book, she traveled to Europe in 1859–1860. During that journey she served as a correspondent for the Transcript and for…"

Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"The blizzard was held in Western Europe. It started on February 1st and ended on February 29th. In the storm, about 1 thousand people died."

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"Almost four centuries ago, settlers from Europe began coming to the region that is now Maine. It was not easy being one of the first farmers in the…"

Wilson Museum

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Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"… October 1912 and April 1913, he traveled in Europe, spending much of his time in Italy. Upon returning to Boston, he worked on the new MIT campus…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"… for war refugee boys from Great Britain and Europe. Gridley Barrows served in the Pacific during World War II, attaining the rank of lieutenant…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1620 to 1820: New England's Great Secret

"Considered medicine in Europe, where much of the water was polluted, alcohol was consumed at all meals, though generally in moderation."

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"… Conservatory and began performing in America and Europe. In 1879, she made her Milan, Italy debut as Elvira in Don Giovanni."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"Kreisler moved back to Europe in 1924 where he stayed until World War II. He returned to the U.S. and gave his last public performance in 1947, the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"It would be the final step in the transcontinental railroad, linking Halifax to San Francisco and Europe."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… fish to markets in Boston and New York and to Europe. So they built their own ships. There was plenty of timber on the island -- enough, in fact…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… volunteered; one served in the Pacific, one in Europe. Both served with great distinction and courage."