Maine Memory Network

The Blue Lantern, Surry, ca. 1946

Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: circa 1946 Location: Surry Media: Postcard

The Blue Lantern tag, Surry, ca. 1946

Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: circa 1946 Location: Surry Media: Blue ink on cardstock with navy blue chainette tassel

79-81 Elm Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Ella E Gould Use: Dwelling - Two family

Lorenzo De Medici Sweat Memorial, Portland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909–1965 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Portland Society of Art Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Selections from the Collections

Maine Historical Society staff come across unique and unforgettable items in our collections every day. While it's difficult to choose favorites from a dynamic collection, this exhibit features memorable highlights as selected by members of the MHS staff.

Chansonetta Stanley Emmons: Staging the Past

Chansonetta Stanley Emmons (1858-1937) of Kingfield, Maine, experimented with the burgeoning artform of photography. Starting in 1897, Emmons documented the lives of people, many in rural and agricultural regions in Maine and around the world. Often described as recalling a bygone era, this exhibition features glass plate negatives and painted lantern slides from the collections of the Stanley Museum in Kingfield on deposit at Maine Historical Society, that present a time of rapid change, from 1897 to 1926.

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Railroad

"… trains were warm and were lit with kerosene lanterns. Snow removal from the tracks could be dangerous, requiring trains to back up, regain speed…"

Oakfield Historical Society

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Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR