Maine Memory Network

Invoice from Tucker's Book, Card & Job Printing Office, Portland, 1859

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1859-11-28 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Bangor Post Office & Custom House after the Fire, 1911

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1911-05-01 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Office, Browns Wharf Office Building, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: F E Irwin Lumber Company Use: Office

Office, Portland Pier, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Proprietors of Portland Pier Use: Office

Waterville Federal Building and Post Office, Waterville, 1974-1975

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1974–1975 Location: Waterville Client: City of Waterville Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Unlocking the Declaration's Secrets

Fewer than 30 copies of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence are known to exist. John Dunlap hurriedly printed copies for distribution to assemblies, conventions, committees and military officers. Authenticating authenticity of the document requires examination of numerous details of the broadside.

Redact: Obscuring the Maine Constitution

In 2015, Maliseet Representative Henry Bear drew the Maine legislature’s attention to a historic redaction of the Maine Constitution. Through legislation drafted in February 1875, approved by voters in September 1875, and enacted on January 1, 1876, the Sections 1, 2, and 5 of Article X (ten) of the Maine Constitution ceased to be printed. Since 1876, these sections are redacted from the document. Although they are obscured, they retain their validity.

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"Josh Shaw "What if the post office never existed?" The postal service refers to the post offices and mailing."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War Resources

"Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868. U.S. Quartermaster’s Dept. Roll of Honor (No. XIV). Names of Soldiers who, In Defense of the American…"

John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.