Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo Raynes remembrance of trip around Cape Horn

"Alonzo Raynes remembrance of trip around Cape Horn   Alonzo Raynes remembrance This newspaper clipping from an unidentified California newspaper…"

Maine and the Civil War - Letter from Daniel Lord to his wife, July 21, 1861

"… from Philadelphia with news from his trip to Washington, D.C., and the Union troops. He sends greetings to his children, also."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Commercial article on World's Fair contest

"… newspaper ran a contest in 1893, offering trips to the World's Fair -- the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Old Bill, gundalow crossing Penobscot River, Bangor, 1846

"… Prince's horse, Old Bill, and chaise for the trip. When they got to Brewer, they realized the ferry crossing to Bangor would be difficult due to…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Weighing the big trout, Mill Site, 1891

"… Description Camp on the "Mill Site" on a fishing trip. Participants went to St. Croix Lake then down the St."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Summer Pleasures

"Trip to Stonington from Swan's Island, ca. 2005Swan's Island Historical Society This picture on the right is of Normie Burns taking islanders out…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"… and his crew prepare to depart for their historic trips. Biographer E.S. Allen wrote that if anyone had "seen him start off on a northern voyage…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 2 of 3

"… the refrigeration and in thanks they gave her a trip to the Bahamas. At the busiest time, the forum had thirty men working on it."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards

"… from town to town along the Penobscot, and made trips to Boston when necessary. When the river froze and shipping halted, the ice was harvested by…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"The trip provided further momentum to pursue Nowick’s goal of performing the Russian opera Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky in its original Russian one…"

Historic Hallowell - Transportation

"There was regular scheduled trips between Augusta and Gardiner that helped people get around town when ice was on the river."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 195-277

"… other topics, the destructive freshet of 1846, a trip to Ellsworth with his mother, business failures, property transactions, Prince business…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865

"… Martin, his wife, Clara, and children Ada and Annie were on the trip. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Historic Clothing Collection - Square shouldered cape and suit ensemble, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"… (1892-1976) wore the suit on one of her many trips. Born in Iowa, Lucile lived in Tokyo, London, and New York before settling in New Jersey."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… them and occasionally accompanied Starbird on his trips into the Maine woods. Loading deer on the train at Strong station, ca."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"Her playful accounts of summer trips describe the social aspects of fishing trips, gear used and fish harvested."

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"… in a lot of different environments from ocean trips to coastal runs and on large inland bodies of water. Steamer, Lizzie M."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Working in Maine

"… interacting with the animals and taking hiking trips. The other part of his job was working in the office. He did lots of paperwork."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Stores

"In 1894 when the first steamboat began a daily trip between Swan’s Island and Rockland, supplies would be delivered by the steamboat."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"He also wrote about a trip to Boston on a steamer, Andrew Jackson monetary policy, his foray into cutting cord wood, picking up lumber and other…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"The cost to rent a horse for a trip to nearby Phillips and back was $1.50. After the advent of the automobile in the early 1900s, farm children…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… years ago the little steamer Rockland made one trip a week between Rockland and Millbridge, touching at Bar Harbor."

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… then when a guest was using a candle as a light, tripped over it and stared a fire that destroyed three rooms and the sprinkler system didn't stop…"