Maine Memory Network

Hose 11, Portland, ca. 1912

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1912 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Benedict Arnold letterbook, 1775

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1775 Location: Augusta; Cambridge; Caratunk; Montreal; Norridgewock; Quebec; Saint-Henri; Sartigan; St. Maria; Waterville; Winslow Media: Ink on paper
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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.

One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC

In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… special train with train engine number six and hose number three from Portland arrived. The Lewiston train should have been there a long time…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… bell called out the firemen and the Steamer with hose was loaded on a train… [t] he train left Bangor at ten minutes of twelve and arrived at…"