Maine Memory Network

Elm Street, Topsham, 1887

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1887-04-02 Location: Topsham Media: Photographic print

Skowhegan Free Public Library and Elm Street, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Skowhegan Free Public Library through Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1940 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

83 Elm Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Harry Rakofsky Use: Garage

55 Elm Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Charles L Brackett Use: Dwelling - Two family

Alterations to building for Luther Roberts, Portland, ca. 1911

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1911 Location: Portland Client: Luther Roberts Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Miss Lena McArthur house, Biddeford, 1922-1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1922–1925 Location: Biddeford Client: Lena G. McArthur Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

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.

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.

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Webber opened a drugstore at the foot of Elm Street in 1875. Webber changed location with the opening of his second drugstore at 94 Front Street in…"

Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1920

"Note the majestic Elm trees that lined the street, shading the houses. On the left, the first building is the Lincoln House gas station on the corner…"

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

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

Bert Gagne-from star athlete to community barber
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Bert’s personal account of his lifelong non-stop approach including his 60+ years as a barber.