Maine Memory Network

Main Street, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Northeast Harbor Media: Linen texture postcard

Frank L. and Annie Spear Rice's home in East Boothbay, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: East Boothbay Media: Photographic print

41 Middle Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Clementina A. Leo Use: Dwelling - Two Family and Store

23 East Kidder Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Katherine A. Wheeler Use: Dwelling - Two family

East Side Pharmacy, Bangor, 1945-1946

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945–1946 Location: Bangor; Bangor Client: East Side Pharmacy Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Broad Street Arcade, Bangor, 1974-1984

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1974–1984 Location: Bangor; Bangor Client: unknown Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

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.

Amazing! Maine Stories

These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.

Lincoln, Maine - Primary school on School Street, Lincoln, ca. 1905

"… about this picture is, looking at the background, East Broadway does not appear to be built up yet. This indicates the era of the photograph."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"… past than that of Summer Street, bordered on the east by the Penobscot River and on the west by the Main Road (Rout 1A)."

30 years of business in Maine
by Raj & Bina Sharma

30 years of business, raising a family, & showcasing our culture in Maine

Reverend Thomas Smith of First Parish Portland
by Kristina Minister, Ph.D.

Pastor, Physician, Real Estate Speculator, and Agent for Wabanaki Genocide