Maine Memory Network

Darvills Bakery, Sanford, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Cookie Cutter, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1885 Location: Brunswick Media: Metal

Cooks and Cookees: Lumber Camp Legends

Stories and tall tales abound concerning cooks and cookees -- important persons in any lumber camp, large or small.

Fallen Heroes: Jewish Soldiers and Sailors, The Great War

Thirty-four young Jewish men from Maine died in the service of their country in the two World Wars. This project, including a Maine Memory Network exhibit, is meant to say a little something about some of them. More than just names on a public memorial marker or grave stone, these men were getting started in adult life. They had newly acquired high school and college diplomas, they had friends, families and communities who loved and valued them, and felt the losses of their deaths.

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… to the door, the baker with fresh bread and pastry, the shoe salesman with the latest footwear, the vegetable truck, the dairy wagon and even the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… Front Street has been home to Sweet Delights, a pastry shop. Conclusion In the first 80 years of the building’s history, it was occupied by three…"

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down