Maine Memory Network

Cornstalks, Kingfield, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Kingfield Media: Lantern slide, hand colored

Harvest time, Kingfield, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Kingfield Media: Lantern slide, hand colored

Building for Mr. I.G. Sharaf & Alterations in the Bank of the Livermore Falls Trust and Banking Co., Livermore Falls, 1899-1928

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1899–1928 Location: Livermore Falls Clients: I. G. Sharaf; Livermore Falls Trust Company Architect: Harry S. Coombs; Coombs, Gibbs, and Wilkinson Architects
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House for Mr. Walter E. Dow, Fall River, MA, 1897

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1897 Location: Fall River Client: Walter E. Dow Architect: Coombs, Gibbs, and Wilkinson Architects

Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

Of Note: Maine Sheet Music

Of Note: Maine Sheet Music features captivating covers of original sheet music along with stories about Maine connections to the songs. Before people had easy access to popular music from records, radios, and the internet, they played songs of the day on instruments at home, using sheet music purchased at music stores. Iconic Maine subjects like lobsters, pine trees, and winter were perfect for lyrics sung by luminaries like Rudy Vallée of Westbrook, and intricate artwork of Maine’s landscape graced the sheet music covers.

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 1 of 3

"By the 1890s a profusion of colored, affordable (but not cheap), American manufactured silk yardage could be found in the new burgeoning city…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 1 of 3

"… to the Leavitt family, a wadded mulberry colored plain taffeta silk coat-dress with very full gigot sleeves presents a good example of day fashions…"

Rug Hooking Project with a Story
by Marilyn Weymouth Seguin

My grandmother taught me the Maine craft of rug hooking when I was a child.

Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years
by Jamison McAlister

Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years