Maine Memory Network

Zina Hyde & Co. Chandlery, Pierce Photographic Gallery, Bath ca. 1865

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1865 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print

Business women's convention, Portland, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1925 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Assessor's Record, 293 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Hersey Corporation Use: Vulcanizing Room

Assessor's Record, 343-349 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Miles B. Mank Motor Car Company Use: Oil House

Canal National Bank alterations, Portland, 1945-1951

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945–1951 Location: Portland Client: Canal Bank Architect: John Howard Stevens John Calvin Stevens II Architects

Maine Streets: The Postcard View

Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.

Portland Hotels

Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"Five Portland photographers of this period are represented in the Maine Historical Society Collection: Marcus Ormsbee, George M."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"… Power of Potential View the Maine Women's Business Convention Slideshow Delegates from the National Federation of Business and Professional…"

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.

Saga of a Sub Chaser S.C. 268 along Maine Coast
by DANIEL R CHRISTOPHER

A look back at a Sub Chaser Crew on duty along the Maine coastline near the end of World War I