Maine Memory Network

Cony High School, Augusta, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Augusta Media: Postcard

Plan of the village of Augusta, 1838

Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: 1838 Location: Augusta Media: Lithograph

72 Wordsworth Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Augusta M Rosenwald Use: Garage

8 Portland Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Augusta H. Meaher Use: Dwelling

Blaine House existing plantings, Augusta, 1987-1988

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1987–1988 Location: Augusta Client: State of Maine Architect: State of Maine Department of Transportation

Augusta Trust Company building, Bingham, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Location: Bingham Client: Augusta Trust Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Horace W. Shaylor: Portland Penman

Horace W. Shaylor, a native of Ohio, settled in Portland and turned his focus to handwriting, developing several unique books of handwriting instruction. He also was a talented artist.

Amazing! Maine Stories

These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"Gannet would also go onto purchase Augusta newspaper the Kennebec Journal. Guy Gannett’s only printing experience came from working for his father…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"1863Maine Historical Society Maine sent more than 70,000 men to fight for the Union between 1861 and 1865, and many of them sat for the camera…"

Mark Plummer, golfer from Maine
by Mark Plummer

Amateur golfer from Maine, Mark Plummer discussed his golf career and life lessons

Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C

Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine