Maine Memory Network

Mill Housing, Canal Street, Lewiston, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1880 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

Mill Housing, Canal Street, Lewiston, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1880 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print

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.

Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

Historic Hallowell - Row House

"Here lived some of Hallowell's early textile workers. Built by Isaac Gage of Augusta, this Federal-style worker's residence on Second Street was…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… organization was to support English immigrant worker integration into the Western Maine community."

My 41 year career in Maine paper mills
by Mike Luciano

Generations of paper workers, families, immigrants, jobs in the mill, labor strikes, and changes

Don Bisson - Living his convictions
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Returning after a career in New York City, Don has dedicated his life to addressing food insecurity.