Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"… Hewes How did the Stanislaus family impact or relate to my life? One way this connects to my life is, I’m 1/8 Native American and so is my…"

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"Large families were common in the mid-nineteenth century, as reflected by an ambrotype of a father, a mother, and their three sons and three…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"Ice harvesting and storage for summer use was prevalent through the land. In Hallowell the Moore family operated and ice business for several…"

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Early Maine Photography - Art

"… medium to copy a silhouette or a portrait of a relative, often to share with family members and friends."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"1865Maine Historical Society Two Maine related outdoor images in the Collection were taken out of state. In 1853 the White Mountain guide Joseph A."

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"I am proud that I am related to Alvin Lombard, and I would loved to have met him if I could. Most of my family has worked in the woods just like…"

Lincoln, Maine - Jonathan Clay Jr.

"Maybe somewhere down the line this is her relative. There could be a possibility that her family actually came from Buckfield, Maine."

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"… college, he researched the genealogies of his and related families. In the process, he acquired ancestral daguerreotypes and ambrotypes that formed…"

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"… topic connect to you in your life today?" I am related to Father Savage who started to be the pastor of the Catholic Church in 1920."

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"Tragedy struck these families on September 4, 1855, when fifteen year old Sarah Richards drowned while swimming in the Kennebec River at Swan Island…"

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 2 of 2

"Members of one of the city’s most prominent families, the five Deering sisters are fashionably dressed and artistically posed around their mother…"

Lincoln, Maine - Frederick A. Edwards

"… happened if he never existed is that the entire family would have been dropped 40% and a whole chain of the family would not exist, including the…"

Lincoln, Maine - World War I

"The families of these men were highly affected. It was all men, so those women and children would have to step up and do extra chores and duties to…"

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"That way they don’t have to buy as much for their family because they will have it right at their house."

Historic Clothing Collection - Active & Casual Wear

"… populace increasingly required specific, activity related garments. This assortment is a representation of the types of casual or active wear items…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 00-29

"Some are jokes or seemingly random items that relate to fashion, strange events, or other topics in the news."

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"Family pets were as treasured in the 1840s as they are today, and their owners sought to capture their images by the newly discovered means of…"

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"… to shop for clothing and footwear for the entire family at reasonable prices. The store was first located on the south end of Main Street where the…"

Early Maine Photography - War

"At the age of eighteen, James Davis left his family farm in Plymouth to join Company I of the Ninth Maine Regiment."

Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

"My family is full of Ford fans, all we drive is Ford. Without the dealership being started in the area my family would have to travel south to get a…"

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"The hall also held a pool hall, family theater, and a gymnasium in which they had basketball games and boxing matches."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Probably built by the Fox family in the 1790s, the two story wooden hip-roofed building housed the grocery business of Daniel Fox and his son Daniel…"

Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections

"… Compiled Collections; and photographs from within family or archival collections. The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection is standalone collection…"