Maine Memory Network

Main Street butter line, Biddeford, 1943

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1943 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Eunice Sewall on wartime shortages, Chocktaw County, Alabama, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-02-23 Media: Ink on paper

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Historic Hallowell - A Bay State Exodus

"… and careless exploitation had wrought worsening scarcities of land, hay, fish, lumber, timber and firewood in Southern New England’s old towns." A…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid Twentieth Century

"… to tell of the War year's make-do-and-mend fabric scarcity, or regulations restricting garment manufacture."

Scientist Turned Artist Making Art Out of Trash
by Ian Trask

Bowdoin College alum returns to midcoast Maine to make environmentally conscious artwork