Maine Memory Network

Panorama, Falmouth, ca. 1786

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1786 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Saccarappa and Cumberland Mills panorama, 1879

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1879 Location: Westbrook Media: lithograph

Mural mystery in Westport Island's Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House

The Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House, a well-preserved Greek Revival house on Westport Island, has a mystery contained within--a panoramic narrative mural. The floor-to-ceiling mural contains eight painted panels that create a colorful coastal seascape which extends through the front hallway and up the stairwell. The name of the itinerant painter has been lost over time, can you help us solve the mystery of who he or she was?

In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age

"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… 1886 Bird's-eye view maps like this 1886 panorama of Bar Harbor were popular all across the country in the second half of the nineteenth century…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"Rose Lane and Clover Cottage - Asticou Way Panorama ca. 1935Northeast Harbor Library In 1933, Charles K. and Katharine L."