Maine Memory Network

Twin Pine Camps, Daicey Pond, ca. 1931

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1931 Location: T3 R10 WELS Media: Photographic print

Pine Beach, Great Lake, Belgrade, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Belgrade Lakes Media: Photoprint

Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.

Of Note: Maine Sheet Music

Of Note: Maine Sheet Music features captivating covers of original sheet music along with stories about Maine connections to the songs. Before people had easy access to popular music from records, radios, and the internet, they played songs of the day on instruments at home, using sheet music purchased at music stores. Iconic Maine subjects like lobsters, pine trees, and winter were perfect for lyrics sung by luminaries like Rudy Vallée of Westbrook, and intricate artwork of Maine’s landscape graced the sheet music covers.

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"… Surry Historical Society From the coveted tall pine for ships' masts to the coastal cedar for shingles, Maine's forest land has been the source of…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"Patten's Bay, Patten's Pond and Patten's Pond Stream were named after him. In Samuel Wasson's Journal of East Surry, he attributes Jonathan Flye, an…"