Keywords: Mark Island Light
Item 7886
Stonington High School editorial staff, ca. 1919
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1919 Location: Stonington Media: Photoprint
Item 13471
U.S. Lighthouse Establishment Dustpan ca. 1890
Contributed by: Museum at Portland Head Date: circa 1890 Location: Cape Elizabeth; Staten Island Media: Brass
Exhibit
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
Exhibit
Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII
"Spurling's Store, Swan's Island, ca. 1925Swan's Island Historical Society Island stores received regular supplies from the mainland, and as many as…"
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview
"The island switchboard was located in the rear of the Dark Harbor Post Office from 1902 to c. 1915. The switchboard moved to a small house on…"
Story
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.
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
