Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison leaves Thomaston - 2002

"Prison leaves Thomaston - 2002 SE Corner, Maine State Prison, Thomaston, Maine 2005Thomaston Historical Society By the 21st century, the…"

Historic Hallowell - Learn how you can help! Contact Us

"… of Trade PO Box 246 Hallowell, ME 04347 You may leave a message at the Hallowell Info Phone, a service of Vallee Real Estate and the Hallowell Area…"

Historic Hallowell - News Article by Emily Markham

"Two major transportation paths have been swept away in the Kennebec. Hallowell city's train tracks were swept away leaving no train transportation…"

Historic Hallowell - The Johnson Shoe Bros.

"Then the workers were forced to leave immediately, Their work was proclaimed, "not good quality." In 1927, a skating rink took its place, This, the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 84-107

"He leaves politics temporarily with clipping a clipping of an account he wrote in 1876 about Bangor's failure to properly deal with streets and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo Raynes remembrance of trip around Cape Horn

"… went to California in 1849 on the first vessel to leave Maine for during the gold rush. Raynes was quite successful and was a founder and important…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 4 of 4

"He stuffed a dollar in her hand as they were leaving and told her not to tell his wife. After high school, she became a telephone operator for a…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Commercial article on World's Fair contest

"John Martin and Miss Mabel Martin leave on this morning’s train for the World’s Fair, making a short stop at Portland on the way.""

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashion in Bangor, 1865

"… a fashion as above to take off the rim entire and leave nothing but the crown and a visor." He suggested that women's fashions changed when men…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"They would leave the door unlocked and everything!” “When the Knickerbocker Ice House closed at Sheppard's my father purchased the buildings and all…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"Then the blizzard descended, and went, leaving Main Street in this state near the Columbian Store. Blizzard, Lubec, January 1934Lubec Historical…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat

"I will leave tomorrow.” “Henry, I am going to miss you. Go tell your father of your plans.” That night it was quiet at the dinner table."

Historic Hallowell - Affects of the Blizzard of 1952

"… trees, animals, lack of food because you couldn’t leave your house, and a bunch of other things. It affected their emotions by losing some of their…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bethany Baptist Church

"Sources: "Baptist Church Formed After Members Leave State Street Church." Star Herald [presque isle] 1 Apr. 2009: 9."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 3 of 3

"Or someone would leave the injured person, quickly bike to a hospital, bring back a doctor, and they person would quickly ride back."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Oak Hotel

"Mary Oak passed away at the age of 71 in 1962 leaving her relatives the business. But on April 12, 1975, the short life of the Oak Hotel came to an…"

City of Brewer

Brewer is the gateway to coastal communities and Acadia National Park. The city along with Bangor also serves as a trading and distribution center for the coastal areas and towns and cities to the north with the total region having a population of approximately 250,000 people.

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rufus Prince residence, Bangor, 1850

"… ocupied & used south & west I shall have to leave off the representations of two jogs one where the L joins the maine house the other when the shed…"

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

"Upon leaving school he entered the employ of the City of Portland as rod man in the Department of Public Works."

Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt

"… quilts created memories for those about to leave, whether to “go west” or enter marriage. Consider the first square shown here, signed by Almeda J…"

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

"Few kids were left and the middle-age population was very scarce. The few that were there didn’t want to leave Stockholm because they thought it…"

Historic Hallowell - Prisons and Firearms

"… in orange jumpsuits, would be required to rake leaves or do yard work for retribution. Instead of shackles or chains, they were handcuffed for a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 3 of 13

"… bed of the digger to sift the dirt from the row, leaving the potatoes (and rocks) to fall off the end."

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"… in 1825, Akers worked in Portland before leaving for Italy in 1852. There he spent much of the remaining nine years of his life creating portrait…"