Maine Memory Network

Hunting guide Robert Martin, Oquossoc, 1922

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1922 Location: Oquossoc Media: Glass negative

Falmouth Gazette and Weekly Advertiser, 1785

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1785 Location: Falmouth; Portland Media: Ink on paper

Prohibition in Maine in the 1920s

Federal Prohibition took hold of America in 1920 with the passing of the Volstead Act that banned the sale and consumption of all alcohol in the US. However, Maine had the Temperance movement long before anyone was prohibited from taking part in one of America's most popular past times. Starting in 1851, the struggles between the "drys" and the "wets" of Maine lasted for 82 years, a period of time that was everything but dry and rife with nothing but illegal activity.

Pigeon's Mainer Project: who decides who belongs?

Street artist Pigeon's artwork tackles the multifaceted topic of immigration. He portrays Maine residents, some who are asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants—people who are often marginalized through state and federal policies—to ask questions about the dynamics of power in society, and who gets to call themselves a “Mainer.”

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… in the Bangor School system.” Their words rang true over fifteen years later, as we are still inspired by Cohen’s accomplishments."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Wellman, 2009 As was true elsewhere across the United States, the decade of the 1960s for Bangor would prove to be an exciting but troubling era."

If You Knew My Story
by Anonymous (Maine State Prison)

A story about incarceration in Maine

An Asian American Account
by Zabrina

An account from a Chinese American teen during the COVID-19 pandemic.