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…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Temperance Membership

"Women, like the the young women pictured in "Daughters of Temperance", wore sashes or collars over their simple silk "everyday" dresses."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… on the Church Block that are still there are women's faces cast into the iron columns. Haley bill for Church Block, Bath, 1886Patten Free…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"They often featured women on their advertisements such as Davis Hatch's business card of 1880. Business owners also advertised by placing large signs…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"In 1867, the Young Men's Christian Association was organized. The Bangor Children's Home was dedicated in 1869 and the Bangor Art Association…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"There are several derivations of Pierre Paul’s Christian name found in historical records. He was given land on the Sandy River for his services in…"