Maine Memory Network

17 June Street, Sanford, ca. 1913

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1913 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Bridge Street, Springvale, ca. 1913

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1913 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Walker Street improvement for Dr. Holt, Portland, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Portland Client: E. E. Holt Architect: John Calvin Stevens

S. W. Thaxter house, Portland, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Client: S. W. Thaxter Architect: John Calvin Stevens and Albert Winslow Cobb Architects

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.

La St-Jean in Lewiston-Auburn

St-Jean-Baptiste Day -- June 24th -- in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century. Since about 1830, French Canadians had used St. John the Baptist's birthdate as a demonstration of French-Canadian nationalism.

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Walter G. Webber opened a drugstore at the foot of Elm Street in 1875. Webber changed location with the opening of his second drugstore at 94 Front…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Lincoln Block

"He built the Bath Bank in 1810 and died on June 17th, 1852. Francis Henry Fassett was born June 25, 1823."

Black Lives Matter Protest Portland, Maine
by Joanne Arnold

Documenting the signage at Portland Police Station following the BLM Protests of June 2020

Sarah Jane Poli: Biddeford’s first female school superintendent
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

An Italian immigrant's daughter is key to a family grocery store and a leader in the school system