Maine Memory Network

William Widgery Thomas, Jr. at Spurwink School, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Lantern slide

Cape Elizabeth Fire Department Band, 1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1936-02-15 Location: Cape Elizabeth; Scarborough Media: Photographic print

Carr property, N. Side Seashore Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Elsie M. Carr Use: Summer Dwelling

Cape Cottage Park, Cape Elizabeth, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1924–1926 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Cape Cottage Park Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Alterations to house for Walter P. Jacob, Cape Elizabeth, 1976

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1975–1976 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Walter P. Jacob Architect: Stevens Architects

Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History

After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.

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…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Fales Edgarton House

"It is said that the walls are constructed with vertical planks. Many houses of this style of architecture still exist in Thomaston, ranging in…"

Redlining and the Jewish Communities in Maine
by David Freidenreich

Federal and state policies created unfair housing practices against immigrants, like redlining.

A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker

Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference