Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"Famous People Governor Enoch Lincoln Enoch Lincoln, Paris, 1827Maine Historical Society Governor Enoch Lincoln died in 1829, a decade before…"

Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"Studio Portraits Studio Portrait Slideshow Click on image for full slideshow Beginning the 1840s, photographers sought to make the connection…"

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"Portland Photographers Augustus Fox, ca. 1855Maine Historical Society As Maine’s largest city, Portland became a center for photographers…"

Early Maine Photography - Art

"Art Silhouette of an unidentified woman, ca. 1855Maine Historical Society When the French artist Louis Daguerre announced his invention of…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"Landscape Photography Mussey's Row, Middle Street, Portland, ca. 1856Maine Historical Society Taken in 1845 or 1846, this view of buildings…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Landscape Photography Casco Engine Co. No. 1 firemen's muster and parade, Portland, 1846Maine Historical Society The Maine Historical Society…"

Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections

"MHS Early Maine Photography Collections Maine Historical Society (MHS) started collecting photographs during the 19th century, as the medium grew in…"

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"Family Groups Unidentified family, ca. 1857Maine Historical Society The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection contains several examples of…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"Art Joseph Leland of Saco, ca. 1850Maine Historical Society Nineteenth century Portland supported an active artistic community."

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"Post-Mortem & Mourning Post Mortem & Mourning Slideshow Click on image to view slideshow In pre-Civil war Maine, death was a frequent…"

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"War Conrad Heyer, Waldoboro, ca. 1852Maine Historical Society Two of the treasures of the Maine Historical Society’s collection of early…"

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. and James B. Vickery, III X The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection of Early Maine…"

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 2 of 2

"Groups Anna Margaret Holwell Deering and daughters, Portland, ca. 1855Maine Historical Society Revealing contrasts are found as well in the…"

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"Groups Log Cabin and Hard Cider Club, Portland, ca. 1850Maine Historical Society The Maine Historical Society Collection contains several…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"and Emily Savage’s architect son Fred L. Savage (1861-1924), was built and opened for the 1901 season."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"7th Maine Regiment encampment, Baltimore, 1861 The conical tents shown in this print of the 7th Maine Regiment are the Sibley tents that Fred hoped…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"George Varney, Bangor, 1861 George Varney, a Bangor resident. was captured and imprisoned at Libby Prison.Bangor Historical Society Colonel George…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"… S) Union & Journal (Biddeford, Me.) newspaper, 1861-1864. (N, A, C, S) "Wabanaki Timeline." Abbe Museum. Abbe Museum. Web. 1 Jan 2010."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"In 1861, Harper’s Weekly sent Homer to the front lines of the Civil War with General McClellan’s army where he sketched battle scenes and camp life."

Maine State Museum

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"… the last two weeks of his life and died in 1861. In 2011 one of the members of the Peru Historical Society received a telephone call from David…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… states in War of the Rebellion: The Civil War of 1861-1865, that there were “Rumford men in nearly every Maine regiment raised down to the close of…"

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.

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… on South Bay in North Lubec and in West Lubec 1861 • 200 Lubec men, 18 to 40, entered the Union Army, one for every 12 inhabitants 1862 • On…"