Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… dress and her old rocking chair indicate a rural origin for this tintype. Tintype of woman knitting, ca. 1870Maine Historical Society"

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"… Historical Society The faces of pre-Civil War rural Maine are symbolized in a daguerreotype of John R."

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 2 of 2

"… by the experience of life in pre-Civil War rural Maine. Appearances can be deceiving. A glance at the finely dressed Weeks family belies the fact…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"In the rural development of Maine before the Civil War, the Greek Revival cape style house enjoyed widespread popularity."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"… ladies, Dolly Madison (1768-1849) was raised in rural Virginia and educated in Philadelphia. After the death of her first husband, she married…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"A native of Buckfield, Smith rose from a modest rural background to graduate with honors from Bowdoin College in 1818."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"… shockwaves caused by Shays' Rebellion and other rural uprisings throughout New England. The September meeting ended with a decree that Mainers…"

Music in Maine - Music in Maine

"Reflecting rural villages and bustling cities, Music in Maine includes content from eighteen collaborators, and is organized by the themes of MAKE…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Music in Maine - Sacred Music

"Melodeons were popular with rural Maine congregations and for personal use in homes because they require little maintenance and are portable."

Music in Maine - Community Music

"Rural communities in Maine used Grange buildings as community centers, hosting dances and concerts. Sometimes Grange halls served as town library and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maine Community Heritage Project

"… Project (MCHP), a partnership between the Maine Historical Society and Maine State Library, is an innovative program that promotes collaboration…"

Music in Maine - Longfellow Family Music

"… to break the ice and communicate with people in rural areas. Jacques Bellissent, flute maker to the Paris Conservatory made this flute."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"… to settle down and perform their work, and a rural coastal community such as Blue Hill seemed like a good place to do so."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"“Living in two worlds: Rural Maine in 1930,” Maine Historical Society Quarterly 25 (Fall 1985): 58-87. Packard, Leonard O."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… a 14-foot triangular affair like a giant old time rural dinner bell were used sequentially. Hand operation (with a $60 per year bonus to the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"Today the Common is mostly considered rural living with few agricultural establishments. Although not considered the center of town, its residents…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"While the region retains its rural small-town nature, inhabitants can much more easily commute to jobs in those cities and even Portland to the south."

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

"… acres, in a manner not to inflate their present rural value. This was accomplished by a local confidante, farmer Waldo Pettengill, while Hugh was…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 1 of 3

"… Threads demonstrates, Maine residents – urban and rural – were fully engaged in the choices of the style, pattern, fabric, and construction of…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… Ridge, Split Hill, McCurdy, and Straight Bay, rural schools all, with teachers and some parents and friends."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"Additionally, many local farms were abandoned by the end of the War, by farmers, who chose to never return to Maine."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… in more populated areas had been tarred, but more rural roads had yet to be done. Farmers would keep a horse and wagon for backup in case roads…"