Maine Memory Network

Laying the new water main, Strong, ca. 1921

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1921 Location: Strong Media: Photographic print

Home hot water tank, Littleton, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Littleton Media: Copper

Butler Capital Corporation conference center, Frenchboro, 1986-2001

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1986–2001 Location: Frenchboro Clients: Gilbert Butler; Butler Capital Corporation Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

The Checkley House, Scarborough, 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Scarborough Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Poland Spring: Summering in Fashion

During the Gilded Age at the end of the nineteenth century, Americans sought to leave increasing urban, industrialized lives for the health and relaxation of the country. The Poland Spring resort, which offered a beautiful setting, healing waters, and many amenities, was one popular destination.

Walter Wyman and River Power

Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"This period of prosperity also led to the expansion and eventual consolidation of the Lubec school system."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… the technology that replaced the old can making system. There is this photo of the American Can plant seven years after it opened."

A Story in a Stick
by Jim Moulton

A story about dowsing for a well in Bowdoin

Waponahki Rematriation
by Sherri Mitchell Weh’na Ha’mu Kkwasset

Women's leadership in Wabanaki communities