Maine Memory Network

Elder Delmer Wilson and Harry Wilson, Sabbathday Lake, ca. 1905

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: circa 1905 Location: New Gloucester Media: Copy print glass-plate negative

Elder Delmer Wilson, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, ca. 1905

Contributed by: United Society of Shakers Date: circa 1905 Location: New Gloucester Media: Slide from a glass-plate negative

In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age

"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.

A Focus on Trees

Maine has some 17 million acres of forest land. But even on a smaller, more local scale, trees have been an important part of the landscape. In many communities, tree-lined commercial and residential streets are a dominant feature of photographs of the communities.