Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"… Celebrity Photographs from the Evening Express , 1920-1935 America’s obsession with celebrity is nothing new."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Sports

"… a prominent role in the Press Herald and Evening Express papers. The Portland Press Herald Glass Plate Collection contains many examples of sports…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

"… Society/MaineToday Media The Portland Evening Express ran a regular article called “We Have With Us”, and “With Us Today”, which featured a man on…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"… X The Portland Press Herald and the Evening Express ran a regular column on what was going on on Portland's busy working waterfront entitled…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"… in 1925 with the purchase the Portland Evening Express, which allowed him to combine two passions: photography and aviation."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"The Portland Evening Express documented the week’s Centennial events, highlighting a plethora of activities."

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

"… contemporary news coverage, the Portland Evening Express and Press Herald covered crime and disaster vehemently, and often promoted it on the front…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"The Evening Express had the largest circulation in the city, and leveraged this by charging exorbitant advertising rates."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… aviators was always a big topic in the Evening Express and Press Herald newspapers. Guy Gannett and his father were avid aviators and followed…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"

""Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans" Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans View Immigration and Americanization slideshow Text by…"

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

"Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Schooner Bowdoin, backing off the pier, Wiscasset, 1926 View the Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Slide Show Text…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"1925 National Governors' Association Convention View the National Governors' Convention Slideshow, 1925 On Monday June 29, 1925, over 20 of…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"… National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs Power of Potential View the Maine Women's Business Convention Slideshow…"

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

"Crime & Disaster This was the fourth school fire in Portland in 1921 and was of unknown origin. It started in the library, which did not have a…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 2 of 4

"As a vehicle of expression, the T-shirt has since moved on to its present position as the message T-shirt or graphic tee we know in the 2020s."

John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857

"… so sudden and so grand that hardly a person could express even their amazement every one of all the thousands were as it were dumb for a moment…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… 61, Tompson was eulogized by the Portland Evening Express on February 3, 1919 as “a courteous and affable friend, neighbor, and companion whose…"

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

"… Bangor Public Library Knickerbocker Express, ca. 1938Bangor Public Library Bangor was one of the first places in the country to have a…"

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

"They expressed concern for the land in their logbooks, their letters, and their published articles. “…is it possible to protect the natural beauty of…"

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"… been a big part of what this community uses to express itself. When you visit Blue Hill, you can see, hear, and feel the soul of this place through…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… in 1911, for the Lubec Herald reported on “a huge express package which contained a magnificent engraving of Lübeck, Germany, in the Sixteenth…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… in 2010, the 124th Legislature of Maine formally expressed “profound regret” for the eviction of the Malaga residents nearly a hundred years prior."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Elusive Championship

"… by Bob Hawes X Have you ever heard of the expression “Things happen”? “History happens” could be quite a popular saying, too, because…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Insurance representatives, laundries, express service, boat yards, livery stables and blacksmith shops were all present and island-based."