Maine Memory Network

Josiah Little, Massachusetts, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Location: Newbury Media: Cloth, canvas, paint, wood

Plymouth Company Waste Book, 1754-1813

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1754–1813 Location: Augusta; Norridgewock Media: Ink on Paper

Island Light and Wter Company property, Island Light and Water Co. Shed, Little Diamond Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Island Light and Wter Company Use: Shed

Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye

The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.

Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"… competing companies (including the Pejepscot Company), and squatters created a dynamic landscape with much at stake as the company laid claim to a…"

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company Hallowell Steam and Boom Company, Hallowell, ca. 1895Courtesy of Sumner A."

Starting Chebeague Island Oyster Company
by Caitlin Gerber

Farming oysters in Casco Bay

John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.