Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857

"Ship's Caulking Tool KitDavistown Museum Work was plentiful for ship caulkers, whose job was to fill the seams between the wooden planking."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston is Incorporated - 1777

"… Home of General Henry KnoxThe General Henry Knox Museum With the arrival of General Knox and his numerous industrious activities, several…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"… autographed pictures of Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley are currently housed at the Guilford Historical Society Museum. EXHIBITS HOME"

Acadia National Park

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South Portland Historical Society

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

"… Cornelia "Fly Rod" Crosby (1854-1946)Maine State Museum Cornelia “Fly Rod” Crosby (1854-1946) was not only a fly fisherwoman extraordinaire, but…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"… flags, documents, and mementos to the local museums. Edmund B. Clayton was from the town of Farmington."

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

"… records gathered by family members and placed in museum and library collections. As early as 1850 the house was recognized as a historic site."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"… 1857Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum In the book he labeled "Scrap & Sketch Book," John Martin veered from the format he used in…"

Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-30-16-0356-16."

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"Proposed Nordica Memorial Museum by John P. Thomas, ca. 1920Maine Historical Society John P. Thomas served in the navy during World War I."

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… Sweat Memorial Gallery, now part of the Portland Museum of Art. The impressive 1909 watercolor for the Portland City Hall was produced by the…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"… in barrooms, taverns, hotels, restaurants, and museums throughout the country. It is probably safe to say that in the fifty years elapsing since…"

Music in Maine - Military Marching Bands

"Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum The earliest marching bands in the United States were part of military units, used during drills and…"

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

"… to the town and is currently the Stockholm Museum. Company Store, StockholmStockholm Historical Society Also in 1901, a post office was…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"2012. Web. 05 February 2014. Our Heritage. Bangor Museum and History Center. Visitbangormaine.com. 2014. Web. 24 May 2014. Reilly, Wayne E."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… Track Team, 1921Scarborough Historical Society & Museum The Scarborough School System's extra curricular activities have changed and grown since…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"1921Great Harbor Maritime Museum In 1900 when the YMCA opened in Bar Harbor (in a building that is now the site of the Abbe Museum) the organization…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Chase Grocery Store, Bath, ca. 1895Maine Maritime Museum Before the drugstore, a well-respected grocery store owned by Hiram L."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"Woman's Suffrage, National Women's History Museum, 2015, www.crusadeforthevote.org/early-efforts/. Accessed 25 May 2017."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Wabanaki encampment, ca. 1000 BCEAbbe Museum While great change came to the Wabanaki on and around MDI over the next several hundred years, they are…"

Historic Hallowell - Logging

"1950Ambajejus Boom House Museum It was in the early 1900s when they logged and worked very hard along the Kennebec River."

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… which still exists in the Peacock Firefighting Museum as of 2010. Firefighting vehicle, Lubec, 1911Lubec Historical Society The I.O.R.M…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 1 of 4

"… mother survive in the collection of the Bangor Museum and History Center. They give us a glimpse of the life of a Maine soldier in the Civil War."