Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor High School, Abbott Square, 1865

"Bangor High School, Abbott Square, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Noted Bangor architect…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington High School girls basketball team, 1919

"… Historical Society Description Group portrait of the 1919 Farmington High School Girls Basketball team."

Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"'The Purple and White,' Deering High School, 1914Maine Historical Society Film of band festival, Portland, ca."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"This field was located behind the High School on High Street. The Model School Model School Teacher: Miss Johnson First Row Student: Cecil…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 604-650

"Littlefield Bangor Girls First Select School Third Parish Church Prof. George Shepard First Baptist Church Thomas A. Hill"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Sports

"Sports High School Sports View a High School Sports Slideshow Sports, as in newspapers around the globe, occupied a prominent role in the…"

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"Soon his criteria expanded to include portrait photographs of Maine people by local photographers. In junior high school, Earle Shettleworth read…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"Thus, his image is known only through portraits painted during his lifetime, including this one that has survived through a daguerreotype copy."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

"Not content with the honor of being editor-in-chief of the school paper, Breccia, he proceeded to romp away with saluterian honors at graduation."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldier transport ships, Bangor, 1865

"… their battles were at the entrance to the high school. About 800 soldiers marched in formation to Abbot Square."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… assure a good reputation as well as entry into "high" or "higher" society. Aspiring "ladies" and "gentlemen" could refer to the many manuals and…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"Fire at Deering High Deering High School fire, Portland, 1921Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media On May 20th, 1921, Deering High School…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… of iron making at the site, problems with the high sulfur content ore, transportation, and other issues persisted."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Duchess Anjoulene apple, Bangor, 1866

"… Below the apple, he wrote, "4 ft 8 1/2 inches high, Lowest branch 7 inches from the ground, apple & stems just 3 inches the fruit 4 inches from…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Elizabeth Blowers, Bangor, ca. 1864

"… is shown "In a Habit with no Bonnet & with high comb." Fashion -- for both men and women -- was one of Martin's interests."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store, Center Street, Bangor, 1862

"… dressed in dirty ragged clothes sitting on the high ways by the fences and sketching churches and various buildings on a roll of paper laid across…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Wood pile, 130 Center St., Bangor, ca. 1864

"… wood Pile 20 feet long 10 feet wide 7 feet high with row of Sweet Peas." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867

"… of large elms & butternut trees & surrounded by a high buck thorn hedge I observed the building I have given on Page 75 and the more I viewed it…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"… wrote of the building of the church, "Land being high and the society being in majority poor it was difficult to purchase a desirable lot but a mud…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"… was at its highest point about "poor man one mile high in the air all alone sustained by a cloth bag filled with gas." The journals and scrapbooks…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gravenstein apple, Bangor, 1866

"… I drew & measured the tree, it was 6 ft 2 inches high and 5 feet 1/2 inch to the lower branches. In the spring of 1866 the was no part of it larger…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"Because of these high prices, a group of Maine businessmen bought the remains of the Argus and renamed it the Portland Herald."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… the plane turned around immediately due to high winds, and the second flight her pilot Wilmer Stultz made the decision to turn around after 500…"

Music in Maine - Music and Television

"… weekly episodes featured students from local high schools who performed hit songs from the radio, often lip synching and sometimes singing live."