Maine Memory Network

Dirigo House, Long Island, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Long Island Media: Photographic print

Long Pond, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1930 Location: Seal Harbor Media: Postcard

Long Island Ladies Improvement Association property, S. Side Island Avenue, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Long Island Ladies Improvement Association Use: Tea Room

Doughty property, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Ella M. Doughty Use: Dwelling & Shed

Fitzgerald house, Brighton, Vermont, 1888

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1888 Location: Brighton Client: George H. Fitzgerald Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Mural mystery in Westport Island's Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House

The Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House, a well-preserved Greek Revival house on Westport Island, has a mystery contained within--a panoramic narrative mural. The floor-to-ceiling mural contains eight painted panels that create a colorful coastal seascape which extends through the front hallway and up the stairwell. The name of the itinerant painter has been lost over time, can you help us solve the mystery of who he or she was?

Great Cranberry Island's Preble House

The Preble House, built in 1827 on a hilltop over Preble Cove on Great Cranberry Island, was the home to several generations of Hadlock, Preble, and Spurling family members -- and featured in several books.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Development of an Island-wide Identity

"Mount Desert Island has long been known for its natural beauty, the resilience of its native people, and the contributions of those who have made it…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History of Mount Desert Island

"… Hansen, adapted by Tim Garrity Mount Desert Island has long been seen as a place of abundant resources and natural beauty, where hardy people…"

Summers on Peaks
by Anna Greenfield

Memories of being a summer visitor and visiting Peaks Island

Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves

West Point during World War II