Maine Memory Network

Stereoscope, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Fryeburg Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Fryeburg; Fryeburg Media: Wood, metal

Tip Top House, Mount Washington, New Hampshire, ca. 1861

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1861 Location: Sargent's Purchase Media: Stereoscopic Transparency, Lantern-slide

In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age

"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.

Picturing Henry

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's popularity in the 19th century is reflected by the number of images of him -- in a variety of media -- that were produced and reproduced, some to go with published works of his, but many to be sold to the public on cards and postcards.

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… only had abacuses (old-fashioned calculators), stereoscopes (a hand-held viewing instrument that created three-dimensional images of landscapes…"