Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"Among them, close to where School Street came down to meet Water Street a bit left of the center of the photograph, was the smokehouse operated at…"

Sanford-Springvale Historical Society

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Poland Spring Preservation Society

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Islesboro Historical Society

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L.C. Bates Museum/Good Will-Hinckley

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Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"… for the 140 students then enrolled in the School of Nursing. The new expansion was formally dedicated on March 18 and 19, 1943 by Bishop McCarthy…"

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… social studies teacher at Catherine McAuley High School. In 1986, Sister Miriam was asked to change her sabbatical plans to undertake a research…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"And Washington Street would soon connect to Water Street, sometimes called Front Street, with the sweeping curve shown below."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"… off the Farm have been employed in labor upon the streets, blasting stone, preparing them for use, and in removing loom from the gravel pit and…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"The quarry on South Street was opened to supply stone for the Western Division Railroad built in 1872."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"Because Dixfield schools had no auditorium before 1970, graduations, plays, prize speaking, proms and all manner of school productions were held at…"

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"… arrived in Bangor, Maine where they opened a school that later became Saint John School. In 1873, Bishop David Bacon invited them to Portland to…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"1910-1920 Collections of Maine Historical Society; gift of Richard J. Kahn, MD S-5664 These surveys, distributed to schools around the state, asked…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… art teacher at the Rumford/Mountain Valley High School for 37 years. Currently the New Pennacook Arts Center, with rotating exhibits in the Tech…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… expanded space for parish functions and Sunday School classrooms, a kitchen, and restrooms. The Congregational "Church on the Hill," Dixfield…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Doughty School; and Priscilla Soucie, School Library Media Specialist, William S. Cohen School Howard House, Bangor, 1869Bangor Public Library…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"… I’ve seen a couple of pictures from the past of school kids that look pretty raggedy. There was no style- you wore what you could get a hold of."

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"Fat Collection Students at Fifth Street School were collecting fat for the war effort. X Another thing everyone was inspired to do was save all…"

Maine Conservation Corps

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"Feeney was the father of the Portland High School football star who went on to become award-winning movie director John Ford."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… in Houlton, and more openings of parochial schools. One of the stated core values of the Sisters of Mercy as set forth by Mother McAuley, is…"

Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"From 1946 to 1948, while still in high school, Hawkes played school functions and for organizations in the greater Portland area."

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Longfellow Era: 1807-1901

"He entered the Harvard Divinity School in 1839 and became an ordained minister. In 1882, he left a clergy position to start the biography of his late…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… independent college preparatory boarding and day school for boys and girls in grades six through high school."