Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"Famous People Hannibal Hamlin, ca. 1860Maine Historical Society Hannibal Hamlin This ambrotype of Hannibal Hamlin (1809-1891) probably dates…"

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…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… song and dance, selling crafts and posing for photographs in Indian dress. Poster for Frank "Big Thunder" Loring, 1884Northeast Harbor Library…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"Early Schools Text By: Kathy Lambert Return to Online Exhibits The early schools of Strong were called rural or district schools and were situated…"

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

"… skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement Photograph of a portrait of Colonel James Swan, 1795 X The beginnings of European settlement of Swan’s…"

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"The next day, spectators and photographers flocked to the site of the wreck: 10,000 people were estimated to have viewed the wreckage, and…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… Orchard Beach, which served as the epicenter of early aviation in Maine. The hard-packed sand surface provided a landing strip and runway for the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials

"John L. Hughes to be photographed and used for this project. Richard M. "Rick" Savage, II for proofreading draft text, suggesting important images…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"… private collections of original correspondence, photographs, maps, written and oral histories, business records, and ephemera to develop our…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"During the Great Depression, the Building of the Arts began to lose revenue and slowly fell into disrepair. It was sold to E.D Holt in the early…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… film exist today and yet, many wonderful still photographs of the filming of Queen of The Sea survive in both public and private collections."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"… Isaiah Welch, the group attending poses for a photograph. Strong Historical Society After the Civil War, Union veterans organized and chartered…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"As seen in the photograph, the 94 Front Street building, located on the right and middle of Front Street, had a "David T."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Christmas decorations, Presque Isle, ca. 1950

"… Isle Fire Department Description The photograph was taken in December in the early 1950s with both the Presque Isle Police and Fire…"

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."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - A Photo Essay of Hand Tools Found in the Swedish Colony

"Thank you to the Stockholm Museum for letting me view the tools and to Mr. Asam of Maine Memory Network for photographing them."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"To see photographs of Charles K. Savage and his family, click on the photo below. Resources Private Collections: Many original writings, images…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"Photographer Marshall Slade documented their activities. Champlain Society Records and Yacht Log, Mount Desert Island, 1881Mount Desert Island…"

Lincoln, Maine - Primary school on School Street, Lincoln, ca. 1905

"This indicates the era of the photograph. A man is climbing up a ladder next to the school, and there are many carts and wagons with spectators."

Mount Desert Island Historical Society

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

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Resources

"Other Resources Used Photographic Collections: Patten Free Library (PFL) and Bath Historical Society (BHS) PFL and BHS archived documents, ledgers…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"Only a single hand colored photograph remains to document the Universalist Church. Oliver Moses rented the upstairs of the Church Block to a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 7 of 13

"This photograph of the Elwood Sweetser farm was taken around 1900. This photograph of a drop-axle wagon clearly demonstrates how the axles are over…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"The looked at different photographs and postcards to see what those buildings, or people associated with the buildings, looked like."