Maine Memory Network

Wood Island Lighthouse, ca. 1910

Contributed by: An individual through Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse Date: circa 1910 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Wood Island Lighthouse, Biddeford, 1975

Contributed by: Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse Date: 1975-04-04 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Knight property, S. Side Wood Road, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Perle P. Knight Use: Garage

Strout property, E. Side Wood Road, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Alva B. Strout Use: Summer Dwelling

Conde residence, Yarmouth, 2004-2008

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2004–2008 Location: Yarmouth Clients: Katrina H. Conde; Juan Fernando Conde Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson Architect

Fitzgerald house, Brighton, VT, 1888

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1888 Location: Brighton Client: George H. Fitzgerald Architect: John Calvin Stevens

MY ISLAND HOME: Verlie Colby Greenleaf of Westport Island

Verlie Greenleaf (1891-1992) bore witness to over a century of Westport Island's history. Many changes occurred during Verlie's 100-year life. Verlie Greenleaf donated photographs, personal notes, and sat for an interview in 1987, all part of the Westport Island History Committee's collection. Her words frame this exhibition, providing a first-person account of her life.

Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

Friends of Wood Island Light

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"… these families farmed, fished, dug clams and sold wood to ships which arrived here from distant places."

In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood

An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.

My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne

Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima