Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - William Kelly, Lincoln, 1943

"Bill lost part of his foot during the war. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of North New Portland

"16) at the foot of the Mill Hill, or “down under the hill” as it used to be known as, near the old mill district."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Perry Opera House

"It was renamed the Perry Theatre, and had a sixty foot semicircular stage. In 1930, the building was purchased by Northern National Bank, and named…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Welcome to the town of Blue Hill!

"The community that has grown up at the foot of the mountain now encompasses a mix of people with many different backgrounds and a vibrant cultural…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"… off the sea that was started when the first human foot hit island shores. From Native American shell middens to the rusted remains of quarrying…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - -Across the Sea- a history through transportation

"Much has changed since people first set foot on the shores of Swan's Island, but there is a community spirit that survives, as constant as the tides."

Historic Hallowell - Cascade Hand Tub

"It had two-foot high wooden wheels with a half-inch strip of iron around them and a fifty foot leather hose."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is built - 1823 to 1824

"… a report submitted by Attorney General Erastus Foote in 1829 lists a cost for the original prison as $46,553.16."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"Weeks of Portland constructed a 40-by-20-foot addition to the library, a gift of Paul E. Merrill in memory of his parents, Wallace L. and Harriet C."

Historic Hallowell - Dr. John Hubbard

"The 16 by 20 foot office is entered on the National Register of Historic Places. Dr Hubbard's surgical insturments.Maine State Museum The…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Wharf, Store and Blacksmith Shop

"… wharf This 1946 inage shows the area at the foot of Wadsworth Street where Knox's wharf was located."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"… King of Bath, who owned the Knox Wharf at the foot of Wadsworth Street, the Limestone Hill quarry and other valuable property mortgaged to him by…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's plow, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… handles of started from the maine stump about a foot from the bottom of the root." From the time he was 10, he was proud of his gardening and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Barnyard gate design, Bangor, 1867

"His description noted, "I have represented a 5 foot tight bound fence for a yard this is convenient for fowles but is unhealthy for cattle and more…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ada Martin, Bangor, 1865

"… by a window all alone in a rocking chair her foot on another chair reading." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin cone cedar tree, Bangor, 1866

"… on someone's pasture, he had the 15-year-old, 12-foot-tall tree dug up and planted it in his yard. He saved it from a gale, but later a cow came…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"The crews would cut pond ice into two-by-four-foot slabs weighing about 200 pounds each and store them, packed in sawdust, in ice houses."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"… some bought big-tag items: rustic furniture or 18-foot birchbark canoes. Visitors also stopped by the encampment to hire Indian guides for canoe…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… Edward Dunham’s sprawling “Keewaydin” with its 35-foot-high stone tower – both in Seal Harbor. Bird’s eye view of Bar Harbor in the heyday of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"… in its original location on Water Street at the foot of Green Street. Ship Samuel Watts, Georges River, Thomaston, Maine 1870Thomaston…"

Moosehead Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"Travel around the island was by foot, carriage, or animal so it was convenient to have these supplies nearby."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 3 of 7

"… country,” deeds from the Wabanakis stood on equal footing to those from the crown. Without acknowledged Indian deeds of their own, the Kennebec…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"… in 1885, Bar Harbor’s summer Indian village at the foot of Holland Avenue was home to 250 Wabanakis. In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki..."