Maine Memory Network

Main Street, Ashland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: D'Anne Baillargeon through Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Ashland Media: Glass Negative

Main Street, Fairfield, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1925 Location: Fairfield Media: Glass Negative

Maine Streets: The Postcard View

Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.

MHS in Pictures: exploring our first 200 years

Two years after separating from Massachusetts, Maine leaders—many who were part of the push for statehood—also separated from Massachusetts Historical Society, creating the Maine Historical Society in 1822. The legislation signed on February 5, 1822 positioned MHS as the third-oldest state dedicated historical organization in the nation. The exhibition features MHS's five locations over the institution's two centuries, alongside images of leaders who have steered the organization through pivotal times.

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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