Maine Memory Network

Diving tower, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint

Gore School, Otisfield, ca. 1921

Contributed by: Otisfield Historical Society Date: circa 1921 Location: Otisfield; Otisfield Media: Photographic print

132 Clark Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Elizabeth E. Conlon Use: Dwelling - Single family

Hook and Ladder House, Lewiston, 1897

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1897 Location: Lewiston Client: unknown Architect: Coombs, Gibbs and Wilkinson Architects

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"… bell would ring, the masons come down from the ladders, the joiners drop their tools, and all would partake of rum, salt-fish, and crackers."…"

Most Inconvenient Storm

A Portland newspaper wrote about an ice storm of January 28, 1886 saying, "The city of Portland was visited yesterday by the most inconvenient storm of the season."

Lincoln, Maine - Primary school on School Street, Lincoln, ca. 1905

"A man is climbing up a ladder next to the school, and there are many carts and wagons with spectators."

Bar Harbor Fire Department

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Restoring the Penobscot River
by John Banks

My role as the Director of the Department of Natural Resources for the Penobscot Indian Nation

Childhood Memories of Learning to Swim on Rangeley Lake
by Betty C.

Betty's two older sisters taught her how to swim on Rangeley Lake.