Maine Memory Network

Seaside Park, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

Delegates of the NFBPWC visiting "Noah's Ark" at Old Orchard Beach, July 18, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925-07-18 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: glass negative

A Craze for Cycling

Success at riding a bike mirrored success in life. Bicycling could bring families together. Bicycling was good for one's health. Bicycling was fun. Bicycles could go fast. Such were some of the arguments made to induce many thousands of people around Maine and the nation to take up the new pastime at the end of the nineteenth century.

Cosmopolitan stylings of Mildred and Madeleine Burrage

Born in Portland, sisters Mildred Giddings Burrage (1890-1983) and Madeleine Burrage (1891-1976) were renowned artists and world travelers. Mildred's experiences studying painting in Paris and Italy, and the sisters' trips to Mexico and Guatemala inspired their artwork and shared passions for cosmopolitan and stylish attire. Housed at Maine Historical Society, The Burrage Papers include selections of original advertising drawings called "line sheets" from Parisian fashion houses dating from 1928 to 1936. Images of Madeleine's gemstone jewelry and Mildred's artwork accompany intimate family photographs of the sisters.

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"At first it was named Maplewood Park and was privately-owned. It was called Maplewood Park because of the Maplewood Hotel and its maple trees which…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"To add to the fun, Seal Harbor held an annual Old-Timers basketball game, pitting the village team against the "old-timers" outfitted in long-johns…"

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

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