Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Poem

"… did a little jig The work crews ran like bats out of a well Luckily none of them fell Amidst all this, right next door There was a man who I must…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Brewer, ca. 1838

"… old they had no visor and were wadded with cotton batting and sometimes trimed with fur. From his infancy to this date he was always watching my…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 3 of 3

"… to waist, an appearance achieved by inserting batting between lining and outer fabric. With layers of heavy quilted petticoats—of which there is a…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"There was a plywood mill, veneer mill, baseball bat mill, clothes pin mill, bowling pin mill, two lumber mills, cedar mill, shingle mill, and a lath…"

Belfast Historical Society

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Music in Maine - Sacred Music

"… for coming-of-age ceremonies called a bar or bat mitzvah. In some rural congregations, the Rabbi and cantor were the same person."