Maine Memory Network

Architecture & Landscape database - Lost Gardens of Eden

"A few survive, other have been reincarnated, in a new form or place, and fragments of others remain locally as reminders of a rich era."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… Block was John Calvin Stevens who was from Portland. He was the architect for rebuilding burned properties."

Architecture & Landscape database - Search the Database

"As commissions are digitized, new images are added to the database. However, adding at least one image per commission is considered a priority over…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Moses came to Bath from Portland in 1826 to pursue the tinsmith trade. He created the Bath Iron Foundry on the west side of Front Street, directly…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Project Background and Partners

"… generous support of the Leon Levy Foundation of New York, the Maine Memory Network's Maine Architecture & Landscape Design Database launched in…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… at the mouth of the Saco River and Union forts at Portland Harbor. There is Biddeford granite in the Lincoln monument in Springfield, Illinois and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 4 of 4

"Jones, Herbert G. The King's Highway from Portland to Kittery. Portland, ME: Longfellow Press, 1953. Karr, Paul and Jeff Clark."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 1 of 3

"… stores, including Peck's in Lewiston, Libby's in Portland, and in small town dry-goods stores. Reasonably priced plain skirts, jackets, and blouses…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Such an event in Portland was recorded by the camera on September 30, 1846. The next day the Advertiser reported: The firemen paraded yesterday as…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"on Route One between Thomaston and Rockland. In 1926 the Lawrence Portland Cement Company took over the business, and within a year began the…"

Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"… richness and romance of the Italian school." The Portland Transcript reported on November 13, 1852, that Carleton had added a new feature to his…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"Bank of Cumberland Building, Portland, ca. 1845Maine Historical Society This ambrotype captures a sunny winter day on Middle Street in Portland…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"The West Scarboro station was located near the junction of Old Blue Point and Portland Street (Milliken Mills Road)."

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

"Portland, ME: Lakeside Press, 1898. Print. Mundy, James H. Second to None, The Story of the 2nd Maine Volunteer Infantry: “The Bangor Regiment”."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Williams, Gregory Howard, Life on the Color Line: The True Story of a White Boy Who Discovered He Was Black, 1995, Plume Books, New York."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Cumberland's Prince Memorial Library : Evolution of a Community Institution

"Rummery of Portland built the library for $15,578, and an additional $2,179 was spent on furnishings."

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"[14] Willis, William, History of Portland vol. II (Portland: Charles Day & Co., 1833), 258. [15] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 33."

Historic Clothing Collection - Square shouldered cape and suit ensemble, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"… Helen Baker Cushman donated the ensemble to Portland's Westbrook College in 1977, along with other pieces from Lucile and her husband Ivan Baker's…"

Walker Memorial Library

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

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"… Historical Society Communities beyond the Portland area are also represented in the Society’s early outdoor photographs, as reflected in street…"

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.

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"Maine in the 17th Century Map of New England and New York, ca. 1676 Largely an unexplored territory by European settlers, 17th century Maine…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… Thomaston, Boston, Portland, Washington City, New York, and New Bedford. What came into Hallowell were product such as cloth, wine, sugar loaves…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Resources and Links

"… of the subscribers to the new map of Maine : with a brief history and description of the state. Portland, Maine : J. Chace, Jr., & Co., 1861."