Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"… offers extensive insight into the history of the state of Maine, as well as to the development of photography as a technology, discipline, art…"

Early Maine Photography - Art

"… local government and represented the town in the state legislature. In contrast to the Treadwell and Chapman portraits, the elegant mid-nineteenth…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography

"… presence of a farmer and a sailor on the Maine State Seal symbolizes the importance of agricultural and maritime activities to the state’s economy…"

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"… to village in coastal and rual areas of the state. Such was the case of Almond W. Hanscom, who signed himself as a "traveling artist" on a circa…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"… of the finest views of an early Maine commercial building is the daguerreotype of the Fox Building at Middle and Exchange Streets in Portland…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"… commercial buildings: the Webber and Porter Building on Main Street in Searsport, the Connor and Hathorn Building on Main Street in Pittsfield, the…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"… images in the Collection were taken out of state. In 1853 the White Mountain guide Joseph A. Hall proposed to Abner Lowell, a Portland jeweler and…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"Some Mainers such as Randall Tolman Gammon of Machias joined out-of-state regiments. Private Gammon served in the 39th Massachusetts before…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"He held the rank of major general in the state militia during the War of 1812. The hardships experienced by Maine during the war prompted King to…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"Legend often states Conrad Heyer was the first white child born in the German immigrant community of Waldoboro."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"… Madison served as Thomas Jefferson’s Secretary of State from 1801 to 1809, succeeding him in the presidency from 1809 to 1817."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… third term, he traveled from Portland, then the state capital, to Augusta to speak at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new State House."

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

"After the fire, students were moved to the Annex building and church locations while a new school building was constructed."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"This building soon had extensive fire damage in 1979. The building was made of brick which could have been the reason it didn’t burn completely."

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"The Turner House served as an apartment building complex. The Braeburn building finally burned down in early March of 2003."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Maine Farmer's Exchange (MFX) Building

"… Edited by Presque Isle Historical Society The building located at 422 Main Street and known today as the MFX building was originally built in 1887…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"GUILFORD REGISTER BUILDING Guilford Register Building, 1916Guilford Historical Society The Guilford Register newspaper office building also had…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"The building location now has an address of 10 North Main Street. X ELM STREET BUSINESSES Tina Welts House on Elm Street, Guilford, ca."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Allen Building

"Now a vacant building, attorney Charles P. Allen built the Allen building in 1890 to house his practice."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Historical Buildings

"Historical Buildings Presque Isle's historical buildings express the character and development of the community."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Building

"The building many of us know today as the Maine Public Service building on the corner of Second and State Streets was built by Gould in 1920 for the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Sears and Roebuck Company Building

"This building replaced a mail order office. When it was built, the store was the second largest Sears building in New England."