Maine Memory Network

Music in Maine - Music stores

"Record Store Day helped drive the resurgence of vinyl and increased US music sales to more than a billion dollars annually."

A Tour of Sanford in 1900

This collection of images portrays many buildings in Sanford and Springvale. The images were taken around the turn of the twentieth century.

Music in Maine - Longfellow Family Music

"Jacob S. Paine of Portland owned the music store where the Longfellows purchased the piano, published sheet music, and founded the Portland…"

Music in Maine - HEAR

"… and Record Players Interior of Saco Music Store, ca. 1897Dyer Library/Saco Museum Victor Victrola, 1914Southern Aroostook Agricultural…"

Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"… at Strawbridge and Clouthier department store, and played vaudeville stages in New York. Franco Bands Alphonse Cote, Lewiston…"

Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"They met while browsing 78 RPM records at a store. Their band, Allerton & Alton: Cumberland Ridge Runners, broadcast over radio station WLAM in…"

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"… ($2.50 for Jimi Hendrix) at the local record stores, deejays from the hometown radio stations (WLOB, WLAM, WIDE) introduced the big performers on…"

Silk Manufacturing in Westbrook

Cultivation of silkworms and manufacture of silk thread was touted as a new agricultural boon for Maine in the early 19th century. However, only small-scale silk production followed. In 1874, the Haskell Silk Co. of Westbrook changed that, importing raw silk, and producing silk machine twist threat, then fabrics, until its demise in 1930.