Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"The telephone is very useful to the town of Lincoln. If it never existed, then we would probably still have a town caller and would still be writing…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"It was the first major change since 1906. The change took place at New England Telephone & Telegraph Company."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"When the Somerset Telephone Company offered dial telephone service to the twelve exchanges in Somerset and Franklin counties in 1959, the era of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"… Free Library? X Front Street, From Post Office Square, Bath. ca. 1930Patten Free Library A year-long learning experience that has…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"Post Office & Custom House, Bath, ca. 1901Patten Free Library According to the 1851 map of Bath, three separate buildings occupied the property…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"… had a courtroom, a marshal's office, a judge's office, and a police matron's office. The City Hall is still used for meetings and official city…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"… including a mayor's office, a treasurer's office, assessor's office and the police department."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"In the Bath Bank building were the offices for the Sagadahock Bank and the Customs Collector. One of those customs collectors was William King, also…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"William Lawrence was the only police officer in the City of Bath to ever be shot and killed on duty."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… Bowdoinham, Richmond, and Topsham, County offices in the Courthouse include: The Emergency Movement Agency, County Commissioners Office, County…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"Moses, John Calvin Stevens, Officer Merrill, and Mrs. Chas. B. Harrington. Galen C. Moses funded the YMCA, provided funds for the 1889 building for…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… a livery stable at the base of the chimney in the office. The fire could have been put out except for the break in the water line connecting from…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… Block, in the late 1860s he had his real estate office in the building until 1891 and a men's clothing store from 1892-1907."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… which time it began service as a seasonal ticket office for Maine Eastern Railroad. Finally, the completion of the four-lane Sagadahoc Bridge in…"

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

""Masonic Hall." Telephone interview. 6 Apr. 2010. Pinkham, Addie B. Lincoln Historical Society, Various Articles. Lincoln Historical Society. Print."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"The snow banks would reach as high as the telephone wires. During one terrible storm, lighting hit in the middle of a cow pasture killing the whole…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"The post offices continued in private homes without a formal name until 1837. When the newly-named Strong Post Office moved to a three-story…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1919 to 1934: The Nation Follows Maine Into Prohibition

"… homogeneous part of the United States as radio, telephones, movies, and the automobile became more commonplace."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"Carl Stinchfield, an officer of Strong Historical Society, was born and raised in Strong. Although he left for 28 years, he returned to the family…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"… Text By: Valerie Tucker Installation of Officers in the Aurora Grange, Strong, ca. 1947 Front (l-r): Clarice Cox, Reta Cook, Bob Worthley…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"The first post office was established in 1844 after fifty years of sporadic mail brought from the Deer Isle or Mount Desert Island post offices…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Telephone Switchboard, Islesboro, ca. 1915Islesboro Historical Society Telephones came to the island c."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… brought the mail from the train to the post office. Salesmen, stagecoach passengers, and lumbermen were taken to their destinations on horseback or…"