Maine Memory Network

Lincoln Street, Brunswick, 1885

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1885 Location: Brunswick Media: Photograph, Print

Biddeford Flood, 1885

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1885 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Oak Grove Seminary, Vassalboro, 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885 Location: Vassalboro Client: unkown Architect: George M. Coombs

Madison Woolen Mill Co. buildings, Madison, 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885 Location: Madison Client: Madison Woolen Co. Architect: George M. Coombs

John Dunn, 19th Century Sportsman

John Warner Grigg Dunn was an accomplished amateur photographer, hunter, fisherman and lover of nature. On his trips to Ragged Lake and environs, he became an early innovator among amateur wildlife photographers. His photography left us with a unique record of the Moosehead Lake region in the late nineteenth century.

Student Exhibit: A Civil War Soldier from Skowhegan

Alexander Crawford a soldier from Skowhegan, was born in 1839 on a farm on the Dudley Corner Road in Skowhegan. He served in the Civil War and returned to Skowhegan to run the family farm.

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890Maine Historical Society and Maine…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 0-21

"in 1885. Some of the materials repeat what he wrote in his journal and other scrapbooks. Some of the people and events mentioned: Neil Kullborg…"

The Fur Trade in Maine

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
This lesson presents an overview of the history of the fur trade in Maine with a focus on the 17th and 18th centuries, on how fashion influenced that trade, and how that trade impacted Indigenous peoples and the environment.