Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Sports

"The Portland Press Herald Glass Plate Collection contains many examples of sports photography, from high school sports to photographs of famous…"

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"A half plate daguerreotype by the Portland photographer Samuel L. Carleton shows twenty-nine club members seated or standing in rows."

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

"… & disaster in the Portland Press Herald Glass Plate Negative collection Like contemporary news coverage, the Portland Evening Express and Press…"

Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

"The exposed glass plate negatives were sent back to the "factory" in Belfast where they were processed, printed and sent back to the general stores…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John and Clara Martin wedding hack, Bangor, 1850

"… and also the window to the door the straps were plated." The horses were black geldings that cost $500."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 2 of 2

"… embellished skirts and sleeves seen in fashion plates of the 1820s. Along this vein, however, there is a fine white satin gown with an undulating…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"… upholstery and the production of vehicle license plates. Inmates worked in gardens, first at a location adjoining the prison, and later on land…"

Stanley Museum

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Bangor Historical Society

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Dixfield Historical Society

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Penobscot Marine Museum

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Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"… soldiers…Most of these are taken on the (tintype) plate for the reason that it is light, durable, and easily sent in a letter." John Mahoney…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"Islesboro Inn Commemorative Plate, ca. 1900Islesboro Historical Society Similar to the summer residents of Ryder’s Cove and Hewes Point, the Dark…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… should be consulted along with additional related plates in the Historical Atlas of Maine. Areas of the northeastern border with a less dense…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 5 of 5

"… Maine (Orono: University of Maine Press, 2015), plate 21 Hoy, Benjamin. A Line of Blood and Dirt: Creating the Canada-United States border across…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… feasts, which whoever is invited MUST bring one plate of wood or bark and then I give the benediction upon the meats."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… made of wood and horsehair plaster, with copper plating around the outside. The basement was made of bedrock and the pillars on the front porch are…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Tin plates came to the shop, undecorated ones for tops and bottoms, lithographed ones for the sides with the company name and brand."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"After the north-south oriented bedrock underlying the parallel ridges and valleys was formed and re-formed by plate movements hundreds of millions of…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Seaside Hotel Commemorative Plate, ca. 1900Islesboro Historical Society After the Civil War, several factors combined that would change the face of…"