Maine Memory Network

Wall map, Gardiner, 1856

Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: 1856 Location: Gardiner Media: Lithograph

Wall clock, Bucksport, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: circa 1897 Location: Bucksport Media: Wood, metal. glass

Dwelling, Wall Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Oliva Davidson Use: Dwelling - Single family

Bungalow, Wall Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Samuel W. Speirs Use: Bungalow

Thorndike residence, Bar Harbor, 1975-2010

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1975–2010 Location: Bar Harbor Client: Elizabeth Thorndike Architect: Scott Knoiecko, AIA

Farrand Rose Garden, Bar Harbor, 1929-1990

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1929–1990 Location: Bar Harbor Client: College of the Atlantic Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Mural mystery in Westport Island's Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House

The Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House, a well-preserved Greek Revival house on Westport Island, has a mystery contained within--a panoramic narrative mural. The floor-to-ceiling mural contains eight painted panels that create a colorful coastal seascape which extends through the front hallway and up the stairwell. The name of the itinerant painter has been lost over time, can you help us solve the mystery of who he or she was?

Anshe Sfard, Portland's Early Chassidic Congregation

Chassidic Jews who came to Portland from Eastern Europe formed a congregation in the late 19th century and, in 1917, built a synagogue -- Anshe Sfard -- on Cumberland Avenue in Portland. By the early 1960s, the congregation was largely gone. The building was demolished in 1983.

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Train Station, Presque Isle, ca. 1908

"Walls floors and ceiling of office are wooden. Stove in middle of room has coal scuttle next to it. Large desk on right is high, requiring clerk to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Mildred Thomas and Harold Sawyer, ca. 1910

"… to the Thomas family where it hung on the wall of the living room for many years. It was later given to the Farmington Library by Mildred Thomas, a…"

The Wall
by Michael Uhl

What it means to have beaten the odds

USCG Boot Camp Experience, Vietnam War era
by Peter S. Morgan, Jr.

"Letters to the Wall" Memorial Day