Maine Memory Network

Commentary on seaman and marine hospital, Portland, ca. 1835

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1835 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Scenery, St. Agate, 1924

Contributed by: Ste. Agathe Historical Society Date: 1924 Location: Saint Agatha Media: Oil painting

George F. Mariner Heirs property, W. side Island Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: George F. Mariner Heirs Use: Summer Dwelling

Marine Machine Shop, Portland Pier, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Proprietors of Portland Pier Use: Marine Machine Shop

Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, ca. 1990

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1990 Location: Searsport Client: Penobscot Marine Museum Architect: Carol A. Wilson; UJMN and Carol A. Wilson Architects

Stewart residence, Northeast Harbor, 1991-1994

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1991–1994 Location: Mount Desert Clients: William Stewart; Barbara Stewart Architect: Patrick Chasse; Michael Boucher; Landscape Design Associates

Lincoln County through the Eastern Eye

The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.

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?

Penobscot Marine Museum

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Lincoln, Maine - William Kelly, Lincoln, 1943

"He served in the Marine Corps from 1942-1945. He was stationed in the Pacific and served at the Battle of Guadalcanal."

My service in Afghanistan with the Marines and my life today
by Nicholas Krier

My service in Afghanistan with the Marines

“I got around” and “I told a lie”
by anonymous

Marine Corporal Stanley Gunn recalls his training locations and post war Memories