Maine Memory Network

Thursday Club meeting menu, Biddeford, ca. 1900

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

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Human-powered generator, ca. 1975

Can you tell us who this is?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1975 Media: Photographic print

A Craze for Cycling

Success at riding a bike mirrored success in life. Bicycling could bring families together. Bicycling was good for one's health. Bicycling was fun. Bicycles could go fast. Such were some of the arguments made to induce many thousands of people around Maine and the nation to take up the new pastime at the end of the nineteenth century.

MHS in Pictures: exploring our first 200 years

Two years after separating from Massachusetts, Maine leaders—many who were part of the push for statehood—also separated from Massachusetts Historical Society, creating the Maine Historical Society in 1822. The legislation signed on February 5, 1822 positioned MHS as the third-oldest state dedicated historical organization in the nation. The exhibition features MHS's five locations over the institution's two centuries, alongside images of leaders who have steered the organization through pivotal times.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"Using a very large boulder as the corner (a stationary object used as a focal point) they measured out six lots and drew lots for ownership."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"… located in the basement of Loring, Short & Harmon stationary store, at 474 Congress St., where they both worked. Ms."