Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"Soon his criteria expanded to include portrait photographs of Maine people by local photographers. In junior high school, Earle Shettleworth read…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"… just prior to the availability of the ambrotype process, which indicates that this picture is probably copied from an earlier daguerreotype."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"… a venue for many people to learn about his scientific voyages and feel a part of the preparations and process of the trips. View this Exhibit"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"A long-time seasonal resident of Lubec, Frank Van Riper, made a number of photographs of people and their work at McCurdy’s the last year of…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"In Jacob B. Pike’s photograph the viewer looks into the center of the “stand” with the Pickling Shed in the distance at the end of the wharf."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"… several items important for the sixth step of the process in an exhibit at McCurdy’s. All were important in a world where wooden boxes were used…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"… investigator, Ansley Hall, tell much about the process, even then, already practiced in Lubec for possibly one hundred years."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"… history and see the power of maps in the learning process. UMF Arboretum Trail -- First put together by a biology class at University of Maine…"

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

"Lewis Hine, a photographer investigating the use of child labor in the canneries in 1911, was convinced unemployment and damage to family life…"

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"Was everyone working in fishing or fish processing? S: Yes, in the factories, and at the can plant … and then, when they couldn’t do that, that’s why…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… led to companion industries, such as the processing of the fish catch, mills to process timber and grains, and boat building."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Mildred Thomas and Harold Sawyer, ca. 1910

"Harold was the son of Charles Sawyer who had a studio in Farmington from 1904-1920. His handpainted photographs were very popular."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lydia Abbott Titcomb and Pine Tree Cottage, Farmington, ca. 1875

"The woman in the photograph is Lydia Abbott Titcomb. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington High School Football Team, 1911

"… The Farmington High School football team group photograph of 1911 includes Thaddeus Roderick, Captain."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 2 of 3

"1961 Lubec Historical Society Two additional photographs came to light after this exhibit was finished which dramatically show the extreme variation…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Hotel Willows, Farmington, ca. 1910

"… Farmington Public Library Description A photographic image on heavy paper was used as early advertising or as a postcard."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lillian Nordica, Farmington, ca. 1911

"… Description Lillian Nordic signed her photograph, "To the library, Lillian Nordica." The date is uncertain, but it is thought she…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Julia Harris May poetry collection, 1903

"Also includes engravings and photographs of Strong and Farmington. It was published by Knowlton & McLeary Co., Printers of Farmington in 1903."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - About Us

"In 2008, a fire at the island's library destroyed photographs, documents, artwork, artifacts, and other priceless pieces of island history."

Ambajejus Boom House

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Notice the mud flats on the shore in the photograph on the left, taken on September 1, 1961. On the right, a photograph of September 7, 1961 shows…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… and eagerly document their suffering with photographs. The January 11th Lubec Herald also reported that by Tuesday the 16th North Lubec Road was…"

Historic Hallowell - Eastern Illustrating Company

"Hallowell's Museum In The Streets project purchased all the photographs of our city in the collection and donated them to the Hubbard Free Library…"

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"… great deal of research and made numerous trips to photograph features of the area.” With his oft-present measuring wheel Avery explored the route."