Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"The Hallowell Union Fire Club Union Fire Club, Fire Bucket, Hallowell, 1805Hubbard Free Library The Union Fire Club of Hallowell, Maine…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… in commercial Bath, including part of the Union Block, where 94 Front Street is located, according to Henry Owen’s History of Bath Maine."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"… family A view of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union marching down Columbia Street in Bangor carrying signs such as "Bread is better than beer"."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"The intersection is now home to a large credit union chain building, a large apartment complex (Washington House) and one of Bath's few traffic…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Throughout the nineteenth century, as the lowest of these areas were filled in and Commercial Street was added to the east of Front Street, the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"To the south, at Union Wharf, King sold property to William Ledyard and Asa Palmer for $300 in 1806."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"… Museum and WCTU ArchivesMaine Historical Society Union Leaflets: Cider as an Alcoholic Drink W.C.T.U., ca."

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

"Now the property is host to the credit union and its parking lot. Alameda Opera House keys, Bath, ca."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"Plan of Ann (now Park) Street, Portland, ca. 1802Maine Historical Society Plan of Ann Street, Portland, ca."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"… at the corner of Portland's Federal and Temple streets, just below the First Parish Meetinghouse, was a stagecoach depot and popular watering place…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"… of Fore, York, Danforth, and Pleasant streets) was a largely Irish-American neighborhood with more than its share of kitchen bars."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"Kitty Kentuck (ca. 1810-1866), was the street name for Portland's most celebrated liquor seller. X Portland Riot Broadsides, Portland, 1849…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"… 1916 and established a barber shop on Middle Street. Wine was a staple in Italian families and at least one Portland priest viewed Prohibition as…"

Historic Hallowell - Historic Hallowell Homes

"… Gilman House, Academy Street, Hallowell, 1968Hubbard Free Library Joshua Wingate House, Union Street, Hallowell, 1968Hubbard Free Library"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Business District - 1857 to 1880

"… Historical Society Just a few years later, the Union Block was built in 1857 at the Lower Corner, Thomaston’s business section at the intersection…"

Bangor Historical Society

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Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"… document read in part: Joshua Wingate House, Union Street, Hallowell, 1968Hubbard Free Library In Hallowell, Maine, is represented a 19th…"

Ellsworth Public Library

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) Union & Journal (Biddeford, Me.), 24 June 1864 X After the war ended both the business and…"

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

"… the popular major general, who reorganized the Union troops in 1861. By 1863 seven ships were sent down the ways, one of them named “E."

Greater Portland Landmarks

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Historic Hallowell - Protect and Serve - Hallowell Fire and Police

"In 1801 the first community fire company, the Union Fire (Club) Association, was established and its rules required each member to keep ready at…"

Life on a Tidal River - About Us

"Hill House 159 Union Street Bangor, Maine 04401 207.942.1900 info@bangorhistoricalsociety.org William Cook, Local History and Special Collections…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"… the Sewalls chose to remain in Mobile during the war as Union loyalists. Daguerreotyope of Greek Revival BuildingMaine Historical Society"