Maine Memory Network

Mount Vernon land controversy, ca. 1806

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1806 Location: Mount Vernon Media: Ink on paper

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Boothbay High School class of 1910 at Mt. Vernon, Virginia

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Mount Vernon; Boothbay Media: Photographic print

Horr property, Vernon Avenue, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Francyna Horr Use: Dwelling

Horr property, Vernon Avenue, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Francyna Horr Use: Fish Shack

House for Mr. Vernon West, Falmouth Foreside, ca. 1913

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1913 Location: Falmouth Foreside Client: Vernon West Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Society Copes

"… Storekeeper , 1946 X Medicinal Mount Vernon Pure Rye Whiskey, ca. 1925 Courtesy of the Charles E."

Cosmopolitan stylings of Mildred and Madeleine Burrage

Born in Portland, sisters Mildred Giddings Burrage (1890-1983) and Madeleine Burrage (1891-1976) were renowned artists and world travelers. Mildred's experiences studying painting in Paris and Italy, and the sisters' trips to Mexico and Guatemala inspired their artwork and shared passions for cosmopolitan and stylish attire. Housed at Maine Historical Society, The Burrage Papers include selections of original advertising drawings called "line sheets" from Parisian fashion houses dating from 1928 to 1936. Images of Madeleine's gemstone jewelry and Mildred's artwork accompany intimate family photographs of the sisters.

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock

"Both Mount Vernon and Monticello have this feature. Overlock built many grand Italianate homes throughout Thomaston as well as earlier styles, and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"A year later Jacob opened up Mt. Vernon, a high school for girls, with his brother in Boston. In 1834, Jacob moved from Boston to Roxbury, MA."

Memories of working at the Criterion Theatre
by Vernon L. Cox

Working as a teenager with projectionest Roy Blake at the Criterion Theater

A Lifelong Romance with Retail
by George A Smith

Maine's once plentiful small retail stores.