Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill Falls Schoolhouse, Blue Hill 1922

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: 1922 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photographic print

Bluehill Academy Journal, 1863

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: 1863 Location: Blue Hill Media: Ink on paper

74-76 Bishop Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Blue Diamond Canning Company Style: Utilitarian Use: Storage

Hoppin residence planting plan, East Blue Hill, 2011-2012

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2011–2012 Location: Blue Hill Clients: Charles Hoppin; Nancy Hoppin Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Rowantrees Pavilion, Blue Hill, 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1950 Location: Blue Hill Client: Rowantrees Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Patriotism Shared

Post office clerks began collecting strong red, white, and blue string, rolling it onto a ball and passing it on to the next post office to express their support for the Union effort in the Civil War. Accompanying the ball was this paper scroll on which the clerks wrote messages and sometimes drew images.

Reading, Writing and 'Rithmetic: Brooklin Schools

When Brooklin, located on the Blue Hill Peninsula, was incorporated in 1849, there were ten school districts and nine one-room school houses. As the years went by, population changes affected the location and number of schools in the area. State requirements began to determine ways that student's education would be handled. Regardless, education of the Brooklin students always remained a high priority for the town.

Blue Hill, Maine - Swimming, Blue Hill, 1907

"Swimming, Blue Hill, 1907 Contributed by Blue Hill Public Library Description Swimming at the Bathing Beach in Blue Hill during the…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Picnicking, Blue Hill, 1907

"Picnicking, Blue Hill, 1907 Contributed by Blue Hill Public Library Description Picnicking along the coast of Blue Hill in 1907."

North Atlantic Blues Festival
by Paul Benjamin

The history of the North Atlantic Blues Festival

Pandemic Blues
by Darlene Reardon

Covid 19 Portland poem