Maine Memory Network

Lobster brand potato bag, ca. 1970

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1970 Location: Washburn Media: Paper

Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

Presque Isle: The Star City - Mono Aircraft Company, Presque Isle, 1935

"Linn was a native of Washburn. The boy standing by the front wheel is six-year-old Gary M. Boone of Presque Isle."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"Washburn declared this its “Greatest Day”. The big red trolley cars were greeted very enthusiastically with bunting and flags, speeches, dignitaries…"

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars