Maine Memory Network

Somes Sound Looking South, 1893

Contributed by: Southwest Harbor Public Library Date: 1893-08-31 Location: Southwest Harbor Media: Photographic print

Recording cylinders, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Media: Wax, cardboard
This record contains 2 images.

Boyer residence, Hobe Sound, Florida, 1976-2006

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1976–2006 Location: Jupiter Island Clients: Markley Boyer; Barbara Millen Architect: Umberto Innocenti - Richard K. Webel

Thomas residence, Mount Desert, 1994-2004

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1994–2004 Location: Mount Desert Clients: Joseph B. Thomas, IV; Ethel Thomas Architect: CES, Inc.

Working Women of the Old Port

Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.

Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Sounds

"The Serenaders Stars Over Stevens ~ Listen to the singers from the Stevens Training Center in a recording from 1966."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Allen Building

"… across the street from Stew’s Downtown Sight and Sound. Sources: Graves III, Richard A. Forgotten Times: A Walk through History. Presque Isle, 2006."

Translating 1890 Passamaquoddy Wax Cylinders
by Dwayne Tomah

Dwayne Tomah (Passamaquoddy) discusses the importance of 1890 recordings

The Joys of Kayaking - Pam's Story
by Pam Ferris-Olson

Pam has kayaked in many special places but her fondest memories are being made on Casco Bay

Longfellow Studies: "The Slave's Dream"

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12 Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
In December of 1842 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Poems on Slavery was published. "The Slave's Dream" is one of eight anti-slavery poems in the collection. A beautifully crafted and emotionally moving poem, it mesmerizes the reader with the last thoughts of an African King bound to slavery, as he lies dying in a field of rice. The 'landscape of his dreams' include the lordly Niger flowing, his green-eyed Queen, the Caffre huts and all of the sights and sounds of his homeland until at last 'Death illuminates his Land of Sleep.'