Maine Memory Network

George and Ethel Jewett, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Media: Photographic print

Costumed crew, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1928

Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1928 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print

Picturing Henry

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's popularity in the 19th century is reflected by the number of images of him -- in a variety of media -- that were produced and reproduced, some to go with published works of his, but many to be sold to the public on cards and postcards.

Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"… time he made a daguerreotype of Augustus Fox, a dapperly dressed young Portland barrel maker. In 1850 Ormsbee sold his business to his longtime…"

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

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