Maine Memory Network

Arch bridge at Deering Oaks Park, Portland, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Portland Media: Linen texture postcard

Cadillac Mountain Road, Acadia National Park, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Mount Desert Island Media: Photo negative

Acadia National Park Wild Gardens, Mount Desert, 1988-1990

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1988–1990 Location: Mount Desert Client: Acadia National Park Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Manson Park, Pittsfield, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: Pittsfield Client: Town of Pittsfield Architect: Olmsted Brothers

The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families

The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.

Designing Acadia

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.

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"Credits The Hampen Historic Preservation commission, Sara Martin, and the Explorer Class of the Reeds Brook Middle School."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"… luscious hand carved signs and placques, often commissions for summer residents, local churches, the Northeast Harbor Village Improvement…"

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.