Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 1 of 2

"… with some children’s and male items, including military uniforms. In 2018, support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"There is no record of Leila’s passing, other than the Surry book of births, deaths and marriages held in the Town Hall vault."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… the business men who built them/Have long since passed away. Separate Neighborhoods By the late nineteeth century, Surry was a “ meandering mix of…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"… on Pearl Harbor in 1941 propelled Mattie into military service on August 6, 1942 at the age of 39 and she was commissioned as WAAF 3d officer on…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… honors all Cumberland citizens who served in the military during war. A large stone originally stood at the same spot with a memorial plaque noting…"

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856

"He ran a general store during his lifetime and passed it down to his son Charles F. afterward. The other part of the building was occupied by…"

Early Maine Photography - War

"… Society As the last veterans of the Revolution passed away, more than 70,000 men from Maine fought in the Civil War to preserve the Union and end…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Oak Hotel

"… for housing relief for a shortage caused by the military moving into the area. The hotel consisted of forty-six units, mostly for single people."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Changing Times

"However, as time passed and places like Riverside Park that offered social opportunities closed, people looked to other towns and cities for…"

Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"… went into effect and the Lincoln Hospitals didn’t pass their inspections and didn’t receive Medicare certification."

Guilford, Maine - PEOPLE

"He passed away on May 6th, 1909 in his hometown of Guilford. He was laid to rest in Elmwood Cemetery."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"Mr.Osgood has passed away. Also, it used to get thousands of people a week visiting the store. That is no longer true most of the time."

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"… store “Carney’s Clothing.” Sadly, in 1951 Peter passed away, and Milton and his mother Flora took over the business."

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"The drum that he used in the war was passed down throughout his family until stolen. He was born in the early 1800s, either in New Hampshire or…"

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"We would have had to pass notes to other people. And if we needed a part for a truck, then they couldn’t send it in the mail."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Seventy-one years passed before Hampden’s first fire department opened. Hampden boasts the first Masonic Lodge in the vicinity; organized under the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Martin-Raynes-Stevens Family Trees

"… X Martin's Journal and his three Scrapbooks passed from his son, John Martin Junior, to two of Rebecca's single daughters, Fannie and Ella…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 7 of 7

"But in 1808, the Massachusetts General Court passed the Betterment Act, finding that the speculators would have to compensate residents for the value…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 5 of 6

"… for markets, and it would assure that they could pass that prosperity down to future generations. But in pursuit of those ambitions, settlers also…"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"… X The Dead River was mostly all swamp, hard to pass through normally, but now all the bateaux were leaky, there was a sick man in every boat, no…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"… wooden covered bridges were built so people could pass onto and off the island easily at all times of the year."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"Seventy-one years passed before Hampden’s first fire department opened. Hampden boasts the first Masonic Lodge in the vicinity, organized under the…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"John Scales died in 1923. His son Charles Scales passed away in 1934. Eugene continued the business up until his death in 1956."

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"One of Guilford’s more damaging floods passed through in April 1923, leaving extensive wreckage to businesses and residences."