Maine Memory Network

Queen Alexandra bookplate, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Cary Memorial Library in Wayne Date: circa 1925 Location: Wayne Media: Ink on paper

Marie Antoinette House, North Edgecomb, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: North Edgecomb Media: Glass Plate Negative

Presque Isle and the Civil War

Presque Isle had fewer than 1,000 residents in 1860, but it still felt the impact of the Civil War. About half of the town's men went off to war. Of those, a third died. The effects of the war were widespread in the small community.

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"She sang before presidents, royalty, and working people alike during the Golden Age of Opera, from the mid-to late 1800s."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Montpelier

"… who popularized the Adamesque style that used elements found in classical Greek architecture. This elegant mansion was a home fit for royalty."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… of the century opera star, who sang for European royalty. His son-in-law, Thomas W. Hyde, was the founder of B.I.W."

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