Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Junior Martin in cadet uniform, Bangor, ca. 1871

"… 104 of his "Scrap Book no 3," showing Junior "attention, order arms," in his dress coat, and going to drill."

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"… discovered, people started to yell to get others attention and took pictures of it. The cost of damage to the library was a very large amount."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 3 of 3

"… were to have an emergency and needed medical attention, the injured person had to ride on someone’s back."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - The Continuing Debate

"In Maine, increased media attention, including a series of award-winning articles in the Portland Press Herald last year, and the state's…"

Longfellow Garden Club

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Historic Clothing Collection - Site Overview

"Throughout the text, attention is drawn to items or clusters of items regarded as being of special significance and a strength in the collection."

Historic Hallowell - Martha Ballard

"… nurse, physician, mortician, pharmacist, and attentive wife. Furthermore, in the very act of recording her work, she became a keeper of vital…"

Mount Desert Island Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"… while the son, seated center right, receives the attention of his two sisters. James Fowler family, Unity, ca."

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"Attention to appearance, the pursuit of manners and other social proprieties were part of the prevalent culture of self-improvement."

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… continue his usefulness and uplifting influence in the city which he loved and to whose civic improvement he devoted much attention and energy.”"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Overview & Introduction

"… for women's suffrage, engaged the nation's full attention. Passions ran high and the political conflicts--exacerbated by economic, class, ethnic…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… having a baby, etc, and needed immediate medical attention, they would have to wait for the doctor to arrive. Many lives were lost."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"A shiny glint caught her attention. A button! What would this be doing in the soil? It must have been some children playing here years ago."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"… Henry Knox Museum Consequently, what gets less attention is Knox's involvement in the development of Maine."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"… The paper emphasized that “if any other attentions are required from Congress…they are more likely to be obtained upon the application of the…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"Watts focused his attention on Arrowsic Island and the improvement and fortification of the land. He died in 1717 in Maine."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law

"… abolish drinking was never fully successful, the attention he brought the issues helped change people's attitudes toward drink."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"Begun in 1984 as an attempt to bring attention to the threat of nuclear holocaust during the Cold War, the Surry Opera Company continued through the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… among the first American Indians to draw public attention to indigenous customs in costumed performances."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"Genthner. Mr. Scales devoted all of his attention to the hardware business. The building was stocked and opened in the spring of 1892."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"His experiments attracted the attention of farmer Seth Scamman who introduced large-scale diking to the marsh in the 1800s."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"… and the teacher no longer is the center of attention, the learning is. Blackboards Amara, grade 7 Blackboards have evolved over the years but their…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"… equipment and systems would soon also need attention, and that additional capital would be continuously required to keep abreast of the paper…"