Maine Memory Network

Fishing Boat, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Media: Watercolor

John W. G. Dunn, Moosehead Lake, 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Media: Photographic print

Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.

Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The Penobscot Expedition, as it came to be known, remained the worse worst American naval defeat until the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… to go to a store or something it was like a major expedition. So I was not taken around to play with other kids in Minturn or something like that…"