Maine Memory Network

City Park, Belfast, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Belfast Media: Linen texture postcard

Old City Building, Lewiston, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1885 Location: Lewiston Media: Phototransparency

Parks property, E. side Island Avenue, rear, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Emily P. Parks Use: Dwelling

27 Mechanic Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Fredrika M. Parks Use: Dwelling - Two family

General plan for park system, Portland, 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Portland Client: City of Portland Architect: Olmsted Brothers

Preliminary Plan Manson Park, Pittsfield, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: Pittsfield Client: City of Pittsfield Architect: Olmsted Brothers

The Trolley Parks of Maine

At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… from Bangor and Brewer by trolley, Riverside Park offered city dwellers from all classes a diversion from urban life, a day of amusement in the…"

City of Brewer

Brewer is the gateway to coastal communities and Acadia National Park. The city along with Bangor also serves as a trading and distribution center for the coastal areas and towns and cities to the north with the total region having a population of approximately 250,000 people.

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.

Peter Spanos fled the genocide in Turkey to Maine
by anonymous

Peter Spanos fled the Greek genocide in Smyrna in 1922, coming to Maine to work as a fruit peddler