Maine Memory Network

Music in Maine - Drum, Portland, ca. 1854

"Civil War drums were generally sixteen inches in diameter, smaller than prior drums by about two inches to accommodate the drummers, who were often…"

Music in Maine - Community Music

"… Kemp, came to Maine in 1865 after serving with General Oliver Otis Howard in the Union Army during the Civil War."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Stimpson House

"… 1820s, this house on Pine Street was lived in by Brown Stimpson, a druggist and mining expert. The original ceilings were reported to be 12’…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 30-47

"… George, Isaiah Stetson Proposal for dam Theodore Brown 1866 election results John A. Peters Judge Hathaway Capt. Thomas Sanford Bob Perkins Cyrus S."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gorham L. Boynton, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… & vest sometimes a black coat & sometimes dark or brown most generally cut frock coat and as a rule smokes a cigar while in the streets." He also…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"… in cars they made during the war were black and brown unlike the cars of today. The reason they made dark colors is so that airplanes could not…"

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"(1961): 10. Print. Brown, Will. "Will Brown in 50th Year in Business on Main Street." Bangor Daily News 1954: 285. Print."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… another prominent lawyer, after graduating from Brown University moved to Thomaston in 1818, where he spent a long and successful career as lawyer…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping

"… building.” When Knox settled accounts with Edward Brown in July 29, 1805 he paid him for caulking the sloop Quick Lime, as well as a gundalow and…"

Life on a Tidal River - Fashion of the '40s

"Boy's snow suit, Bangor, ca. 1940 Brown, wool, double-breasted boys snowsuitBangor Historical Society During the war, because so many men were in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner

"Parsons, John Burnham, Clark Houston, David Brown, Victor Abbott, and Orville P. Tucker. After he recorded the eleventh family he wrote: "There ends…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"The shop, now a hardware store, is still owned by the Brown family. Emily Manchester operated a hand laundry business in the back of her home."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"Maine. Adjutant General. Augusta (Me.) : Stevens & Sayward, printers to the state, 1862- 1867. (C) Annual report of the municipal officers of the…"

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

"… school above the Lutheran Church, primary grades Brown School, and the High School. The only school that has not burned is the current school on…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… of Scarborough from 1633 to 1783 (Portland, ME:Brown Thurston, 1853). 2. Scarborough Historical Society Collection: The King’s Highway."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… fox farm to close in Lincoln was owned by Will Brown. It closed in 1947, five years before fox farms became illegal in 1952."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… in permanent protection of the road corridor from Brown Mountain gatehouse (Acadia National Park) to the entrance to Asticou at the junction of…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"Winslow Homer at Prouts Neck. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1966 Looking for Educator Resources for this exhibit?"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 2 of 4

"for the production of heavier weights and brown papers. The A,B,C connotation was changed to 7, 8, and 9 in the 1960's after removal of the IP…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Allen and Lorenzo Allen, South Lubec; E.U. Brown, sardine packer; N.W. Marston and Willie Marston, South Lubec; W.B. Mowry; T.G."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"Brown & Co. constructed first sardine factory on Water Street 1882 • The Passamaquoddy Ferry Co. founded for the purpose of running a steam ferry…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"Soon thereafter E.W. Brown and Company built the first factory on Water Street. The next two decades saw 23 sardine factories constructed in Lubec…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… place is to be sustained [principally] by oak and brown ash piles…. If ice freshets do not disturb them, and fire and other forces leave them…"