Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Initiative and Self-Improvement

"Debating Society topics and seal.Hubbard Free Library The questions posed by the members of the the Society provide a unique insight into the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 5 of 5

"Bicentenial Memorabilia Seal, Dixfield, 2003.Dixfield Historical Society Sources: Dixfield Historical Society Archives and Artifacts Peter Stowell…"

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

"… belief that ownership was made not through royal seals, Indian deeds, or any deeds at all, but instead through possession—applying one’s labor to…"

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

"… expertly handling canoes and hunting seal and porpoise. Swan’s Island may have attracted this tribe as a seasonal or even permanent home."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… sea spearing for (Passamaquoddy) porpoises and seals. Fall/Winter - Before the frosts came, the women and children went into the forests to forage…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"… many, one,” the motto that appeared in the Great Seal of the United States of America in 1782) proudly on her stern."

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"… of a farmer and a sailor on the Maine State Seal symbolizes the importance of agricultural and maritime activities to the state’s economy in the…"

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

"… guardianship of her daughter, Mina, and died in Seal Harbor (where she lived with Mina for just one month) on December 5, 1925, at the age of 84."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"Advertisements like this promised a "plain sealed case" would arrive in the mail. McGlinchey's Brewery, Portland, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"In 1869 the Clement family in Seal Harbor rebuilt their old homestead into the Seaside Inn. At Asticou, Chase Savage, who in 1870 had begun taking…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… Historical Society Town of Dixfield seal, 1988Dixfield Historical Society Following the Revolutionary War, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… fires, muskrat stews simmered, fish sizzled in seal oil, and Indian frybread bubbled up in hot lard."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"… to almost everything, including fish and seals. Once lobsters become more active, they are very hungry and are caught in higher numbers."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… Job, Lime, Lasell, Ensign to the south; Ram and Seal to the west. The Precambrian rocks of 700 Acre, Lime and Lasell Islands are some of the oldest…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… them to the factories, cooked the sardines and sealed the cans. Until child labor laws were instituted in the 1930s children, using sharp knives…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.