Maine Memory Network

Medical recipe, ca. 1790

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1790 Media: Ink on paper

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Medicinal recipe for Phthisis Pulmonalis, Hallowell, 1802

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1802-10-19 Location: Hallowell; Mt. Vernon Media: Ink on paper

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80 Clark Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Robert W DeWolfe Use: Dwelling & Store

Schlotterbeck & Foss Co., Portland, 1926-1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926–1927 Location: Portland Client: Schlotterbeck & Foss Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Schlotterbeck & Foss Co., Portland, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Schlotterbeck & Foss Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Sugar and Spice: Our Vintage Recipes

Sugar and Spice: Our Vintage Recipes showcases historic recipes, dating from the 18th century to the 1950s, like sweet treats, traditional favorites, promotional printings, medicinal concoctions, curious libations, and recipes that have fallen out of favor.

Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 1 of 2

"In addition, hospital staff now enjoyed the latest pneumatic tubes for transmission of messages and prescriptions."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… could shop for food and other supplies, fill a prescription at the pharmacy, watch a film at the theater and generally take care of their daily…"

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down