Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"By skill and good fortune they learned to stay buoyant through wind and tide and taught the following generations how to maneuver safely along the…"

Surry by the Bay - About The Project

"… this innovative project allowed us to utilize our skills and talents and to build on the collaboration put in place during our 2003 bicentennial…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 2 of 2

"Chisholm and his skills at organizing companies. However, less is known about his philanthropic events, which had a major impact on the Town of…"

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"Marston of Bangor between 1856 and 1859. Marston skillfully posed the seven sitters - a father, mother, three sons, and two daughters – to accentuate…"

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"Probably the work of a Portland photographer, the skillfully composed portrait of Lucretia Day Sewall and five of her children is a striking image…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"Such textiles were the product of highly skilled, intensive hand labor, and an extreme luxury afforded by only the wealthiest individuals."

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"His skill as an architect was recognized far and wide, and he was looked upon as a rising young businessman."

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… Frederick Tompson gained a reputation as a skilled designer of houses, schools, churches, public buildings, and commercial blocks."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Islesboro became acclaimed for skilled contractors, stonemasons, master plumbers, electricians and painters. Store Flyer, Islesboro, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"An adept and skilled backhoe operator can efficiently dismantle a 1,500 square foot house and put its mangled pieces in a dumpster to be hauled off…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"Rusticators took great pleasure in seeing Wabanaki paddling skills displayed at the Club’s annual canoe races. Continue to Wabanaki Today"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Summary Notes

"… Power) were out and working and putting their skills to the test to see how fast they could turn all the power back on."

Blue Hill, Maine - Jonathan Fisher: Unlocking the Person Beyond the Parson

"Although she was a talented weaver and skillful homemaker she needed help to assure the future of her children."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"The Malecite were known for their skill in dealing with the salt-water environment, expertly handling canoes and hunting seal and porpoise."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… was a small community unto itself, but offering skills, talents, and spiritual brotherhood that benefitted their neighbors within the town as well…"

Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"Three years later this skill won him an appointment as a draftsman for the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C."

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… drawing is painted in watercolors with skillful shading and shadowing. Alexander’s 1868 rendering of Brown’s Falmouth Hotel served as the basis for…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"Gardiner was skilled in manipulating the legal system to achieve his goals. Gardiner and several of his family members had their portraits painted by…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"His skills at math led him toward pursuing a career working on railroads and engineering. With almost no formal training in the area he quickly began…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"… for its content, but for building basic reading skills. Much of the school day was devoted to memorizing and reciting passages from it and…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… provided a wonderful description of the skilled work: “The cutter takes several fish in the left hand at once and, with a large knife in the right…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"… manage the manifold aspects of the business with skill and understanding. In short, a traditional transmission of culture was vital to the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… 1898, and was reported to have excellent playing skills. Two players from the Roller Polo Team actually continued on to join the National Roller…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… his good taste, location, and practical skills. Front Street, From Post Office Square, Bath. ca."