Maine Memory Network

Downtown, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

General store, New Sweden, ca. 1930

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print

Old Westbury Gardens, Old Westbury, NY, 1978-1992

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1978–1992 Location: North Hampstead Client: Old Westbury Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

House for Jessie Wright, Cape Elizabeth, 1913-1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1913–1924 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Jessie Wright Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Working Women of the Old Port

Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.

Westbrook Seminary: Educating Women

Westbrook Seminary, built on Stevens Plain in 1831, was founded to educate young men and young women. Seminaries traditionally were a form of advanced secondary education. Westbrook Seminary served an important function in admitting women students, for whom education was less available in the early and mid nineteenth century.

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of North New Portland

"… Marilyn Gorman and Dianne Pease With Images from New Portland Historical Society The Bartlett Bridge: The Bartlett Bridge is located on the Bog…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village Schools

"East New Portland Central High School X The original Central High School was built in 1921, as the product of over a year's worth of town vote…"

Elizabeth Mantis Spiliopoulos: passion for life & Greek heritage
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A spunky 99-year-old shares her crystal-clear recollections of all the changes in her lifetime

Everything we did was new and exciting in the Vellux division
by Maurice Paquette

If you applied yourself you could do anything at Pepperell Mills.