Maine Memory Network

Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy

"Modern hospital care as its understood in the 21st century, is a recent development in medical history."

Mt. Desert Island Hospital

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Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"Peter’s Church opened and filled with beds for people quarantining infected relatives at home. Churches in the city held open air masses to prevent…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"For patients, the expansion was welcome news. When the old Queen’s Hospital closed in the winter of 1942-43, it contained 60 beds, but old hands…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"… a growing demand for nurses as well as hospital beds. Along with the rest of the medical field, nursing underwent rapid transformation and…"

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"Growth & Expansion Mercy Hospital technician, Portland, ca. 1941Northern Light Mercy Hospital Mercy’s expansion allowed it to continue to be…"

Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"This was because Margaret’s specialty was delivering babies. In 1953, Margaret B. Workman died. The hospital did not shut down, however."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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St. Joseph Healthcare

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Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"Guilford Bed and Breakfast, ca. 1918Guilford Historical Society The Guilford Bed and Breakfast is located on the corner of Elm Street and Prospect…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 2 of 4

"The hospital is currently a 25-bed facility, with 24-hour emergency services and outpatient specialty clinics."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"A 50-bed hospital was planned at a cost of $1,250,000—half of which would be funded by a federal Hill-Burton grant to improve hospital technology."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… later, Blue Hill Memorial Hospital (BHMH) is a 25-bed critical access hospital and the largest employer in the region."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"Doris Clark was Bell’s nurse for 18 years. In 1937, the hospital closed, and Dr. Bell began working at the first Franklin Memorial Hospital building…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"… war purposes, from uniform fabric and hospital bedding, to parachutes and life rafts. Wool and the new synthetic, nylon, were reserved for the war…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… became the Hotel Strong and then served as a 16 bed hospital run by Dr. Charles Bell and owned by the Forster Manufacturing Company."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"I think you went to bed earlier. Because it was just dark and it was cold. There weren’t restaurants to go to, there just weren’t places to go, so…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… Crittenden) Today, many of the existing rail beds have been converted into heavily-used recreational trails."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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