Maine Memory Network

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."

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."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"In 1870 they lived in a boarding house in Lewiston, and he worked in a mill. By 1880 they returned to the area to live in Strong."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"Lewiston, Me.: H.F. Roy, 1915. (N, M) Maine Democrat (Saco, Me.) newspaper, 1857-1867. (N, C, S) Maine Historical Society."

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…"

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."

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"… hosting actual operas, such as The Merry Widow in Lewiston and Faust in Biddeford, capitalizing on the opera craze in America during the late 1800s."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… while Farmington’s resident looked to Lewiston as a broader source of cultural activities."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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