Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 2 of 3

"… Society Two additional photographs came to light after this exhibit was finished which dramatically show the extreme variation in tide unique to…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"According to West Quoddy Head Light Station history, “during a particularly foggy year, two 10-inch whistles were in operation 1,402 hours, consuming…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"Sunday July 2 "came in with a light breeze southwest and fine weather" and the same but cloudy skies prevailed on July 3."

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

"Except for the electric light bulbs and plastic baskets, the Brining Room was basically the same traditional space."

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… Historical Society Festooned with electric lights, Lubec prepared Water Street, below, for the July 4th parade which simultaneously honored the…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"The Lubec Channel Light was commissioned in 1890. Shipwrecks led to the construction of a lifesaving station at Carrying Place Cove in 1874."

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

"… Admiral Farragut were in collision off Boston Light in the harbor today, and the Cumberland, in a sinking condition, put back to her dock and…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… petitioned President Jefferson to establish a light at West Quoddy Head 1807 • President Jefferson initiates trade embargo."

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

"This exhibit in two parts explores each of these traditional aspects focusing on the last herring smokehouse in the eastern United States and its…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"The two smaller art pieces rest higher, partially obscured by the semi-circular bunting. Centennial headquarters, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical…"

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

"… ribbon of steel and concrete intimately tying two communities in two nations into a single working relationship."

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

"… as others done at the time, can be looked at from two perspectives: One, the history of the owners and managers, and two, as part of the history of…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… to establish the Town of Lubec; the burials two days later 125 years after the Governor approved the Charter on June 21, 1811."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"X Step two: Brining As were herring were put in the tanks, more salt and water was added, and the mixture was tended for several days, according…"

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

"The two wheels allowed one person to move the herring easily, in the manner of a wheel barrow. It was an innovative replacement for the traditional…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… and none...have been cleaned out of foodstuffs.” Two dealers S.B. Stuart & Co. and the Columbian Packing Co."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"The two newcomers leased Hiram Comstock’s tidal grist mill located at Mill Creek in North Lubec. According to Reverend Jernegan in the prospectus he…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - National Blue Ribbon School

"New windows, lighting, heating and ventilation systems installed, and classrooms for the then 220 students would all be 700 square feet and renovated."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"He would operate by candle or lamp light in the kitchen, if necessary. One variation of such dedication tells of a trip to New Vineyard across Porter…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"He enlisted in Battery 2, 1st Maine Light Artillery, on November 11, 1861. He re-enlisted in December, 1863, and was promoted to Corporal in 1865."

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"… along with two of his paintings, the Portland Light Infantry Encampment and Tom "Piggy" Houston Sculptor Benjamin Paul Akers, ca."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland

"For many years the bridge lighted by lanterns and when the lights appeared the children knew that it was time to go home The bridge was sometimes…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Cheese Factory

"… pounds were produced during each of the next two years. At the time the cost of purchasing cheese was about 15 cents per pound."