Maine Memory Network

Benoit's Billboard, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint

Dick Curless with horse, Bangor, ca. 1979

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1979 Media: Photographic print

56-60 Middle Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: David Shwartz & Sons, Inc. Use: Store Building

62-64 India Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Morris Lewis Use: Stable-Storage

Music in Maine - Country Music

"… in 1957, and over his career had twenty-two Billboard country hits. Curless received the nickname, The Baron of Country Music, after his 1966…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police

"… spirits, plainly shown by the Ballantine Ale billboard, did not end violence. Brady, Public Enemy Number One, was surrounded by FBI agents, state…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"… styles, angels, a skull and crossbones, billboards, and many other unique aspects of Downtown Bath."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"Stetson & Son billboard that was painted onto the side of the Ledyard Block which told the company name on that side and advertised furnaces."

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.

Betty Cody, country music legend
by Maine Historical Society

Betty Cody is noted as Maine's most recognized female singer