Maine Memory Network

A high tide at East Boothbay's tide mill and bridge ca. 1910

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: East Boothbay Media: Photographic print

East Deering Bypass, Portland, 1954

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1954-08-06 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

MacDonough property, Messalonskee Road South East Shore, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Evelyn C. MacDonough Use: Summer Dwelling

Walsh property, Messalonskee Road South East Shore, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Charles A. Walsh Use: Summer Dwelling

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.

Otisfield's One-Room Schoolhouses

Many of the one-room schoolhouses in Otisfield, constructed from 1839 through the early twentieth century, are featured here. The photos, most of which also show teachers and children, were taken between 1898 and 1998.

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"Nehemiah Libby was largely responsible for Holmes Road becoming a town road, despite opposition from some townspeople."

East Grand School

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania

Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021

John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.