Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor High School, Abbott Square, 1865

"… by any buildings in the State for convenience and comfort as well as elegance in structure outside and the laying out of the grounds." His journal…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Fales Edgarton House

"… in construction dates from the late 18th century to the mid 19th century. It was a comfortable and proven style with which builders were familiar."

L.L. Bean Corporate Archives

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Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"… as Maine (then thinly inhabited), the financially comfortable genteel members of its small and scattered communities kept abreast of fashion."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4

"… and fashionable rayon could be is seen in the comfortable easy elegance of a white woven, medium weight fluid rayon day dress and jacket."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 3 of 3

"… to demand for, and development of, appropriate, comfortable work and sporting attire. By 1900 Sears catalogue offered smart sensible suits with…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"… planks from the mill at Cobbossee, and built a comfortable frame house of two stories in front and one at the rear, according to the fashion of the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"… possible, and in fact, everything for the comfort of stock. Hay and straw free.” $5.00 paid to 1st place for best heard, 1 male and 4 females."

Guilford, Maine - PROJECT OVERVIEW - Page 2 of 2

"These energetic kids were extremely comfortable with the mechanics of digitizing and scanning and helped out tremendously."

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

"… William Howard Gannett's lucrative and famous, Comfort monthly magazine. Guy Gannett admitted to knowing nothing about newspapers, yet he now owned…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"… good dining and entertainment, followed by the comfort of a real bed. At first, they stayed with islanders pleased to welcome paying guests into…"

Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"… learned to rely on one another for support and comfort. The unforgettable ice storm of 1998 brought many loses to the state of Maine."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Old Church on the Hill

"… amount of money modifying her pew for her comfort, but then never attended the services. Archaeological remains of the Old Church on the Hill In…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"… law required the Overseers to provide immediate comfort and relief to all persons, regardless of settlement, who fall into distress."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… single her whole life, and the house was a comfortable, albeit compact layout, for a single person. Mary L."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"The sisters all eventually married, had children, and settled into comfortable lives themselves. Madame Lillian Nordica's birthplace…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… middles age visitors who wanted a long term comfortable and homey stay at Asticou, bringing their domestic help, were fast becoming the minority…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… residents of Mount Desert Island had a relatively comfortable life, with time to make jewelry and play music, as evidenced by the shell beads and…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"The attraction and the comfort and beauty of the blue hill which rested snugly at the head of the bay certainly influenced what the place was called…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"… only a small area near the register was barely comfortable. The wind swept down the river and up over the bank, making the building creak and crack…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… Newbury Neck, was very primitive with few comforts. The people were coarsely fed and poorly clad."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… far as possible, real homes, supplied with home comforts, and adapted to the wants of the occupants."

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

"… men and women, provided sustenance, warmth, and comfort to travelers in the often hostile environment."