Maine Memory Network

Old Orchard Railroad Walk, ca. 1907

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1907 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Postcard

Old Orchard Street from Post office, Old Orchard, ca. 1919

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1919 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Postcard

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… rod iron fence on the Main Street side of the park is part of the original. I would say they got their money’s worth for that fence."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"… common people some fine parts, at least, of this sea-side wilderness of Maine?” -- Charles Eliot, Garden & Forest , February 19, 1890, pp."