Maine Memory Network

Interior of Union Station, Portland, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Union Station, Portland, 1954

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1954 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

27 Union Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Mary Berenson Use: Dwelling - Single family

18 Union Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: J.B. Whitney Use: Blacksmith Shop

High School building for the Town of Brunswick School District, Brunswick, 1935-1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1935–1950 Location: Brunswick; Brunswick; Brunswick Client: Town of Brunswick Architect: Harry S. Coombs; Coombs and Harriman

New Union Church, Vinalhaven, 1899

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1899 Location: Vinalhaven Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

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.

Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"The Hallowell Union Fire Club Union Fire Club, Fire Bucket, Hallowell, 1805Hubbard Free Library The Union Fire Club of Hallowell, Maine…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… in commercial Bath, including part of the Union Block, where 94 Front Street is located, according to Henry Owen’s History of Bath Maine."

30 years of business in Maine
by Raj & Bina Sharma

30 years of business, raising a family, & showcasing our culture in Maine

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

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