Maine Memory Network

Women walking amongst clothing outlets on Congress Street, Portland, ca. 1922

Do you know who these people are?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1922 Location: Portland Media: Glass negative

St. Louis Church, Fort Kent, ca. 1911

Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: 1911 Location: Fort Kent Media: Postcard

Assessor's Record, 927-931 Congress Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Louis Schriro Use: Store - Shoe

416-420 Fore Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Louis Matson Use: Apartments & Store

Civil Defense: Fear and Safety

In the 1950s and the 1960s, Maine's Civil Defense effort focused on preparedness for hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters and a more global concern, nuclear war. Civil Defense materials urged awareness, along with measures like storing food and other staple items and preparing underground or other shelters.

The Mainspring of Fashion

The mainspring of fashion is the process whereby members of one class imitate the styles of another, who in turn are driven to ever new expedients of fashionable change.

Brick Store Museum

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"… the General Sheridan, Sappiel Sockalexis and Louis Sockabasin the Sharpshooter, and Newel Nicola and Horace Francis the Penobscot Boy."

Norman Sevigny: history of a neighborhood grocery store
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

Growing up in a Franco-American community and working in the family business, Sevigny’s Market

Ted Truman (Throumoulos): A treasure trove of stories
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A son of Greek immigrants’ insight into his entrepreneurial family, culture and life experiences