Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Usually the ice was shipped to nearby cities like Boston. A million tons of ice was exported a year! Seasonal workers, such as farmers, depended on…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"Usually the ice was shipped to nearby cities like Boston. A million tons of ice was exported a year! Seasonal workers, such as farmers, depended on…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… heat and the seasonal epidemics of the crowded cities. Blue Hill Inn construction, Blue Hill, 1892Blue Hill Historical Society The Summer…"

Bangor Public Library

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… and others focused on getting individual towns, cities, and states to allow women the right to vote."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… Bed and Breakfast is located on the corner of Elm Street and Prospect Street. It was built between 1890 and the early 1900s."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"They now live happily in New York City with their sons Hayden, Will, and Eli. Apart from being a very well-known writer, Mrs."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… company, Dirigo Ice Company, and shipped to cities in the south to help aid in refrigeration. Although travel on the Penobscot River remained…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"… on reaching Bangor to behold such a large city with its vast fleet of vessels, steamers and cars, everything that my eyes beheld was a continual…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… of the Order of Ransom, founded in 1218 in the city of Barcelona. Its members cared for the sick and ransomed prisoners of war."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"… Express had the largest circulation in the city, and leveraged this by charging exorbitant advertising rates."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… and large buildings in fast-growing American cities. In 1836, eighteen large cargoes went out to be used in building the Charlestown Navy Yard."

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… the agreement that it would be taken-over by the city to become a semi-public park. This eventually occurred, and the park was re-named Bass Park."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… last night a dispatch was received in this city for Mayor Bragg, announcing that the village of Lincoln was on fire and an engine was wanted from…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"… residents are retirees from successful careers in cities to the south. This post-war immigration has helped support a thriving public library…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"But he also lamented the increased crime in the city that accompanied the war and its aftermath. His own store was robbed three times, adding to his…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… visitors now bring domestic servants from their city homes, preferring to rely on islanders as cooks, interior home workers and nursemaids for…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"… being so new, and Lincoln being so far from other cities. In today’s time, however, hospitals are very different."

Music in Maine - Community Music

"It was important for us to showcase the local bands and a way for us to give back to the City of Rockland for their support."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… suggested the name for one of the German free cities because of its shape, location and the fact that trading was as “free” as anywhere in the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… was one of these people that helped the great city of Bangor become better-known. Curtis was an American commercial businessman and was mainly…"

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

"The Photo Cray Co. in New York City published this version with color applied. The 1900 Report gives details on this step, allowing some…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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