Maine Memory Network

Capt. Samuel Keene, Rockland, ca. 1862

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1863 Location: Rockland Media: Photographic print

Construction estimate, Maine Sanatorium, 1909

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1909-07-27 Location: Auburn; Hebron Media: Ink on paper, architectural drawing

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Assessor's Record, 85 Quebec Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Alice M. Keene Use: Garage

61-63 North Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Alice Marion Keene Use: Dwelling - Single family

For the Union: Civil War Deaths

More than 9,000 Maine soldiers and sailors died during the Civil War while serving with Union forces. This exhibit tells the stories of a few of those men.

John Dunn, 19th Century Sportsman

John Warner Grigg Dunn was an accomplished amateur photographer, hunter, fisherman and lover of nature. On his trips to Ragged Lake and environs, he became an early innovator among amateur wildlife photographers. His photography left us with a unique record of the Moosehead Lake region in the late nineteenth century.

John Martin: Expert Observer - Plan of North End of Bangor, 1844

"… (1823-1904), an accountant, shopkeeper, and keen observer of all around him, began in 1864 writing a journal about his life and activities and the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… and 225 lbs, with circus-like showmanship and a keen understanding of the Vaudeville style. He was said to be a story teller of great talent and an…"

Longfellow Studies: The Writer's Hour - "Footprints on the Sands of Time"

Grade Level: 3-5 Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
These lessons will introduce the world-famous American writer and a selection of his work with a compelling historical fiction theme. Students take up the quest: Who was HWL and did his poetry leave footprints on the sands of time? They will "tour" his Cambridge home through young eyes, listen, and discuss poems from a writer’s viewpoint, and create their own poems inspired by Longfellow's works. The interdisciplinary approach utilizes critical thinking skills, living history, technology integration, maps, photos, books, and peer collaboration. The mission is to get students keenly interested in what makes a great writer by using Longfellow as a historic role model. The lessons are designed for students at varying reading levels. Slow learners engage in living history with Alice’s fascinating search through the historic Craigie house, while gifted and talented students may dramatize the virtual tour as a monologue. Constant discovery and exciting presentations keep the magic in lessons. Remember that, "the youthful mind must be interested in order to be instructed." Students will build strong writing skills encouraging them to leave their own "footprints on the sands of time."