Maine Memory Network

Launching of the Louis V. Place, Kennebunkport, 1890

Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: 1890 Location: Kennebunk Media: Photographic print

Remembering Louis Sockalexis, Indian Island, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-07-21 Location: Old Town Media: Photographic print

Greenwood property, Island Avenue, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Louis D. Greenwood Use: Summer Dwelling

Kamber property, E. Side Island Avenue, S. Side Sterling Street, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Louis N. Kamber Use: Summer Dwelling

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.

Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… French Grant of Mount Desert Island from King Louis XIV. (See Hancock County Registry of Deeds, Book 1, p. 448-449."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… Wabanaki canoe feats abounded, such as the time Louis Mitchell paddled all the way around Mount Desert Island – 60 miles in 12 hours."

Spiros Droggitis: From Biddeford to Washington DC and back
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A Greek family's impact: from the iconic Wonderbar Restaurant to Washington DC

Don Bisson - Living his convictions
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Returning after a career in New York City, Don has dedicated his life to addressing food insecurity.