Maine Memory Network

Girl's basketball team, South Portland High School, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926-01-16 Location: South Portland Media: Glass Negative

Niles Nelson, South Portland, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926 Location: South Portland Media: Glass Negative

Inside the Yellow House

Photographer Elijah Cobb's 1985 portfolio of the Laura E. Richards House, with text by Rosalind Cobb Wiggins and Laura E. Putnam.

George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator

George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.