Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943

"Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description This display shows…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Edward O'Brien House

"Full-length windows carried to the floor on the first floor of both houses. Each house had decorated vergeboards along the eaves, and porches…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John and Clara Martin wedding hack, Bangor, 1850

"… on the side of the drivers seat were cut the windows were one pane of clear thick German glass and also the window to the door the straps were…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - North Church

"The rose window is high above where the original altar was located in the sanctuary. A minister who studied Greek said the words are not of the…"

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

"The cells were placed off large halls, lined with windows capable of being moved on pulleys and weights."

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"… are seated between a trompe l’oeil doorway and window. The window drapery is rendered in a manner reminiscent of those found in primitive…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"… apple on the side that was facing away from the window, so he couldn’t see the cut from the window."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"Clapboard walls, double hung 2-over-2 windows, inviting front porches, and cedar shingles are seen everywhere."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm Poem

"… admired the glistening glaze from behind dark windows; playing cards by candlelight with battery-run radios humming to fill silence."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Seaside Hall

"… you bring it back new.” Somebody broke a little window, I can’t remember who it was now, but anyway he says, “When I come back tomorrow night, the…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Streetscape, 1790-1930

"The Wadsworth-Longfellow house was repaired and expanded after a fire in 1814. A third story was added with a hipped roof and five windows, matching…"

Lithgow Public Library

"… granite, blocked symmetrically over the windows and entrance. An arched doorway and medallions featuring the names of admired writers adorn the…"

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"… of the freight cars catapulted through the large window at the west end of the granite building. Train Wreck, Hallowell, 1937Hubbard Free…"

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Poem

"… When they heard someone shout Peering threw the window near The husband should’ve been struck with fear Instead he said with a smile “We won’t be…"

Historic Hallowell - Affects of the Blizzard of 1952

"… house because the snow was covering the doors and windows. It was tragic for Hallowell, but they got through it when the snow melted, even though…"

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place

"… how on another day in another century someone in homespun or dimity or calico stared out the window you are looking at. Next step in our journey"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Grant Memorial United Methodist Church

"The beautiful stain glass windows were estimated at one million dollars when it burned. Two twenty-one-year-old men were found guilty of arson soon…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The John Ruggles House

"… with pilasters and keystone arches, features a window surround with unusual glass pattern. The interior doorways have elegant proportions with fine…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock

"… treatments in moldings, brackets, dentils, and window and balcony details. He popularized the inverted fleur-de-lis symbol, using it lavishly in…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Thomaston Academy

"A half-round window appears in the tympanum above the front entry. The Congregational Church, built a few years before the Academy, was also strongly…"

Hollingsworth Fine Arts

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Minturn Schoolhouse

"1933Swan's Island Historical Society There was a window upstairs, and the rooms were equipped with desks, a blackboard, and a closet."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ada Martin, Bangor, 1865

"… she is in "her ever favoured hobby sitting by a window all alone in a rocking chair her foot on another chair reading." View additional…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… my father in the winter staring the kitchen window at the thermometer and waiting. You had to have at least four inches of ice on the pond before…"