Maine Memory Network

"S.S. Cornelia H" Ferry, Portland, 1887

Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-02-23 Location: Portland; South Portland; Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic Print

A. B. Thwings Store at Days Ferry, Woolwich, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Woolwich; Woolwich Media: Glass Plate Negative

People's Methodist Church, South Portland, 1944-1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944–1947 Location: South Portland Client: People's Methodist Church Architect: John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye

The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"Silsby was the first ferry to serve Swan’s Island, welcomed with a festive inaugural ceremony in July of 1960."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… times have changed drastically, with frequent ferry service bringing mainland stores much closer, giving islanders many and varied choices of items…"