Maine Memory Network

Falmouth Neck deed of ownership, Portland, 1764

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1764-10-01 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Ruins from Portland fire, July 1866

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1866 Location: Portland Media: Lithograph

255 Fore Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Theodore Kerr Use: Shed

Assessor's Record, 50Franklin Street (rear), Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Harry Feuerman Use: Shed

Joseph's, Portland, 1984-1987

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1984–1987 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Joseph's Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson Architect

Working Women of the Old Port

Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.

Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… loading his schooners with lumber and trading in ports such as Boston, but also coasted as far South as Jacksonville, Florida, and seasonally went…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"He chose the town as the departure port on many of his voyages to the Arctic and Subarctic. The departures were festive occasions."

Moving from Washington to Maine with the Navy
by Tom Jarvis

Maine's forests, mill history, and volunteer work keep me here

Jim Murphy-living a multi-dimensional life
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Life influences: Irish/Quebec ancestry, seminary, Navy, community businesses and organizations.