Maine Memory Network

Red Cross button - 1918

Contributed by: Abel J. Morneault Memorial Library Date: 1918 Media: Tin, plastic

Red Ball Brand potato bag, Caribou, ca. 1970

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1970 Location: Caribou Media: Paper

20-22 Poland Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Deering Hall Co. / Red Mens' Hall Use: School & Red Mens' Hall

Dunbar property, E. Side Herman Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Nora J. Dunbar Use: Summer Dwelling

Redding and Baird double house, Malden, MA, 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900 Location: Malden; Malden Clients: Redding; Baird Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Shultz residence, Red Hook, New York, 2003

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2003 Location: Red Hook Client: David Shultz Architect: Landscape Design Associates

CODE RED: Climate, Justice & Natural History Collections

Explore topics around climate change by reuniting collections from one of the nation's earliest natural history museums, the Portland Society of Natural History. The exhibition focuses on how museums collect, and the role of humans in creating changes in society, climate, and biodiversity.

Patriotism Shared

Post office clerks began collecting strong red, white, and blue string, rolling it onto a ball and passing it on to the next post office to express their support for the Union effort in the Civil War. Accompanying the ball was this paper scroll on which the clerks wrote messages and sometimes drew images.

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"… Island Historical Society The Improved Order of Red Men was a national fraternal organization that became popular on Swan's Island in the early…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"… a three month school, then best known as the "Red Schoolhouse." Falling victim to the whims of spirited townspeople, the nomadic little schoolhouse…"

Carrabassett Village and the Red Stallion Inn circa 1960
by David Rollins

The creation of Carrabassett Village and the Red Stallion Inn at Sugarloaf USA

The best lobster roll in Maine!
by Debbie Gagnon

The history of Red's Eats and the recipe for our famous Lobster Rolls