Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is built - 1823 to 1824

"… their deep cells at night, the two-foot openings covered with iron grates. A wooden roof with sliding doors was erected above the top of the cells…"

Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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Milbridge Historical Society

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Monson Historical Society

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Old Berwick Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"… a young man with his coat and tie almost entirely covered by a smock, which the photographer has tinted blue."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 3 of 3

"… short sleeved, tube-shaped dress entirely covered with red and green machine embroidery. Knee length party dresses include a royal blue solid…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Site Overview

"The portal covers the collection’s holdings from the late eighteenth century through about 1980. It is tailored for a non-specialist audience."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"… coat trimmed with silk cord scrolling and silk covered buttons. Chinese Jacquard fur-lined coat, ca."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"The ridges and hilltops were covered by sugar maple, beech, and ash, while the valleys held spruce, fir, and cedar."

Historic Hallowell - Uniforms and Expenses

"… light undershirts and a heavier warmer jacket to cover them, and these two items were normally tan and brown.The fabrics were made of mostly wool…"

Historic Hallowell - Martha Ballard

"… recorded for history in her diary-- a diary that covered the last 27 years of her life and included 10,000 entries over a period of 9,965 days."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Additions and New Wing - 1824 to 1843

"… a time, the windows in the women’s section were covered with shields to block visual views in both directions."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"… to be an old slaughterhouse up in front of Low’s Covered Bridge. That slaughterhouse was torn down many years ago."

Porter Memorial Library

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Walker Memorial Library

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Fifth Maine Regiment Museum

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Dixfield Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"… resting on a pillow, with her body completely covered by a sheet. The contrast of the white linen and the black background further serve to isolate…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"… the Portland Evening Express and Press Herald covered crime and disaster vehemently, and often promoted it on the front page of the paper."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"… time the name was used to refer to the region—covered all the land northeast of Passamaquoddy Bay, from the Atlantic coast to the Gulf of St."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Overview & Introduction

"This exhibition covers a period from 1620–1934, highlighting the role that drink played in Maine's social, economic and political history, and…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"Much of the island in that time period was covered in mills and factories. According to Lee Granville, the president of Skowhegan's local historical…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"To try to cover all of those who served from Guilford would be nearly impossible so it was decided to cover two who served in World War II - one very…"