Maine Memory Network

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"Burden Collection Many young men and women tended to see Temperance women as old maids, out of step with the roaring 20s—a very different image from…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"All of these women have played a big part in the history of Bangor and have inspired people all around the world."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"The work was there for whoever needed it. We women used to have a good time. It was hard work but we all knew one another; we were like a family.”…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"The entire order of 60 women volunteered. Queen's Hospital entrance, Portland, ca. 1930 Queen's Hospital EntranceNorthern Light Mercy Hospital…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… and the desire for personal improvement marked for Bangor the years toward the end and immediately following the Civil War."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"• Warrant for first town meeting issued July 7, 1811 Signature Quilt, Lubec, 1889 1812 • War of 1812 leads to extensive smuggling operations…"

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

"… frequent town recordings of sheep, hog and cattle markings, demonstrating that animal raising for sale and consumption was an important early…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Bangor Public Library

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

"Starting here, a portion of the road is marked as the North Yarmouth Memorial Highway, so designated at Town Meeting in 1920."

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… 1872, when the completion of the schooner Isabel marked the end of Hampden’s shipbuilding days except for a brief period at the beginning of World…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… 1872, when the completion of the schooner Isabel marked the end of Hampden’s shipbuilding days except for a brief period at the beginning of World…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… with whom she had started for Maine ports and St. John, N.B., only half an hour before … International Steamship Landing The landing, built…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"St. Mary’s of the Isles (1901) was built for the Catholic summer help who worked for the wealthy summer families."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 3 of 3

"The lower skirt inside seam bears a label marked "B Green Room," and includes the Beene signature cursive "B." The gown is associated with Cecile P."