Maine Memory Network

Peru Historical Society

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Maine Central Institute

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Historic Clothing Collection - Early Twentieth Century

"1895Maine Historical Society Lewiston's Mary King Scrimgeour's small, but outstanding, group of late-1890s to early 1900s fashionable garments segue…"

Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"… Indian Band; the Franco Fanfare Sainte-Cecile in Lewiston; and the Scottish Highlands Caledonian Pipe Band in Portland."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone

"References The Lewiston Sun Journal; Article February 22, 1955. Lewiston Sun Journal Archives Carolyn Stone Wellness Community Naming Ceremonies…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"In 1867 the wharf was expanded, the Lewiston began regular stops there, and tourism took a great leap forward."

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

"… on Armistice Day in 1946 at the Marcotte Home in Lewiston. In her final years she had struggled with poor health, failing eyesight and had suffered…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland

"… intervals." -- Anne Longfellow Pierce from the Lewiston Journal, 1893 Wadsworth-Longfellow House Nearly HiddenMaine Historical Society When…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 1 of 3

"… city department stores, including Peck's in Lewiston, Libby's in Portland, and in small town dry-goods stores."

Historic Hallowell - Industry on the Bombahook Citations

"Leading Business Men Of Lewiston, Augusta Vicinity. Boston: Mercantile, 1889 Nason, Emma H and Sam Webber. Old Hallowell on the Kennebec."

Androscoggin Historical Society

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Life on a Tidal River - Resources

"Web. 14 March 2010. "Lewiston Wins from Rams, 13-0." Bangor Daily News 2 November 1941, Print. Then/Now Astbury, Carroll."

Poland Spring Preservation Society

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

"… Ellsworth, Bangor area; butchering, work for Rufus Prince, Mabelle Martin's death   Lewiston Journal article on Katahdin Iron Works X"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 1 of 3

"In 1930, the Androscoggin Mill in Lewiston was equipped with new looms to handle rayon, and became one of the country’s largest rayon fabric…"

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2

"… the twentieth century couture caliber gowns from Lewiston; a 1930s ‘Delphic’ gown and others by Jessie Franklin Turner; and a 1970s Geoffrey Beene…"

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

"Bates Mill in Lewiston produced vast quantities of textiles for war purposes, from uniform fabric and hospital bedding, to parachutes and life rafts."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"A call was placed to Lewiston Fire Company for aid, and by 7:10 p.m., a train loaded with firemen and equipment departed for Rumford."

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

"The turnpike first opened in 1947 from Kittery to Portland, and extended through Lewiston in 1955. When that happened, all of a sudden 250,000…"

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

"… photography and studied under Francis Stanley in Lewiston Maine. He returned to Farmington soon afterwards and opened a studio specializing in…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"She wrote for the Lewiston Journal, Farmington Chronicle and the Maine Woodsman. Her playful accounts of summer trips describe the social aspects of…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"Herbert Tilden of Lewiston was the first teacher. Considered modern for its day, it was built by Jesse M."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"The Lewiston train should have been there a long time before both of the other trains except there was a delay with their flatbeds staying on the…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"The Portland-Lewiston Interurban Railroad, chartered in 1907, began service through West Cumberland in 1914."