Maine Memory Network

Roosevelt Tablet, Good Will Farm, 1921

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: 1921 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Baseball game, Poland Spring, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Poland Spring Preservation Society Date: 1900 Location: Poland Spring Media: Photographic print

Summer's Favorite Game

Baseball often is called the National Pastime. For many people, baseball is encountered in the backyard and down the street, a game played by a few or the full contingent of a team.

Hunting Season

Maine's ample woods historically provided numerous game animals and birds for hunters seeking food, fur, or hides. The promotion of hunting as tourism and concerns about conservation toward the end of the nineteenth century changed the nature of hunting in Maine.

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"The games were reported at length in the newspapers of the time Roller Polo was introduced by Fred D."

Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"… competition and display, musters were a source of games, family bonding, new friendships, carnivals, teamwork, joking around, barbecues and other…"

Dr. Norman Beaupré: Preserving his Franco-American culture
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

Journey growing up as a Franco-American in Biddeford to his career as a professor and author.

Spiros Droggitis: From Biddeford to Washington DC and back
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A Greek family's impact: from the iconic Wonderbar Restaurant to Washington DC