Maine Memory Network

Sanford Mills, Unusual View, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Sanford & Cape Porpoise Railroad, Sanford, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Sanford Media: Print from glass negative

A Tour of Sanford in 1900

This collection of images portrays many buildings in Sanford and Springvale. The images were taken around the turn of the twentieth century.

The Trolley Parks of Maine

At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"Sanford and their infant daughter Leila both died in 1860. Phebe was just 18. Sanford is buried in the Cross Road cemetery, next to Phebe’s parents."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"(N, A) Emery, Edwin. The history of Sanford, Maine, 1661-1900. Ed. Willam Morrell Emery and Rachel Bean Perkins. Sanford, Me.: Harland H."