Maine Memory Network

South side of Market Square, Houlton, ca. 1924

Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: circa 1924 Location: Houlton Media: Postcard

Tanglewood, Ocean Park, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Linen texture postcard

Maine Insane Hospital buildings, Augusta, 1893-1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1893–1909 Location: Augusta Client: State of Maine Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs and Gibbs Architects
This record contains 18 images.

Insane Hospital buildings, Augusta; Vinylhaven, 1893-1907

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1893–1907 Location: Vinylhaven; Augusta; Vinylhaven Client: State of Maine Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs, Gibbs, and Wilkinson Architects
This record contains 7 images.

Maine Streets: The Postcard View

Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"She said, “Each year the lavatory and drinking fountain at the front of the classroom froze in December and remained frozen until April.” Heating in…"