Maine Memory Network

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

"A 16’ high wooden fence surrounded the entire complex. Guards were to patrol along a plank walk constructed outside the fence."

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…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"§ Participated in the Battle of St. Mary’s Church June 24, 1864. § Wounded at St. Mary’s Church on June 24, 1864."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - About Us

"… 50 district (comprising Cushing, Thomaston and St. George). Two classes of students are working to produce exhibits: one on oral histories of the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 3 of 3

"This dress was likely influenced by Yves St. Laurent’s 1970s, exotic, richly embellished fashions inspired by an eclectic mix of embroidered ethnic…"

Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"Côté worked as the organist and choir director at St. Louis Church in Auburn. He sang the tenor lead in several Lewiston operas and was an early…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… Civil War, although Acadians had lived along the St. John River since 1650 and American settlers arrived in Houlton in 1805 and 1807."

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"John attended and graduated from St.Theresa's Catholic School where he received many certificates of honor and was a 1943 graduate of Mexico High…"

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

"… and freight from Boston and Portland to St. John, New Brunswick, stopping in Eastport. Service to Lubec was not possible due to the lack of…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976

"Flood, Bangor, 1902 Looking down Broad st. during the flood of 1902.Bangor Public Library Flood on the Penobscot, Bangor, 1902 The Kenduskeag…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"… many influenza cases in the Italian quarter that St. Peter’s Church opened and filled with beds for people quarantining infected relatives at home."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… offers guarded Lindbergh's plane, "Spirit of St. Louis", in which he made his historic flight across the Atlantic Ocean only two months prior."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… Church in New York, stone for a bridge in St. Louis, and eight shiploads of paving stones for New Orleans."

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… lines which also included the major lines on the St. Lawrence River. While others looked toward the West and the new horizons, Hugh set sights on…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… families in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and St. Louis. These families put up summer “cottages,” mansions that rivaled the finest on the…"

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"… this included seven colleges: Nasson (closed), St. Frances College (UNE), University of Maine Portland and Gorham (USM), Westbrook Junior (UNE)…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… oval was created to keep horse races off of Main St. (More About Franklin County Agricultural Fair) U.S."