Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"Picturing that day when you know that your little boy was going to become a man and see things that you hoped he would never have to see, just…"

Lincoln, Maine - Civil War

"Lincoln during Civil War Times Picture drawn by Abigail Quintela X "Describe your feelings or the feelings of someone living at that time when a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"This substation on Munson Hill, pictured in1909, was 5 miles north of Presque Isle near the metal bridge which spanned the Aroostook River."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"Moving pictures were shown on Friday nights. St. Joseph's Catholic Church held early Masses there before its move to upper Weld Street."

Bangor Public Library

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Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"By the time he was in high school, he met James B. Vickery, who further inspired his collecting. In his sophomore year at Colby College, Shettleworth…"

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"… newspaper, possibly Eastport's, captioned the picture below: “This photograph taken at Dennysville, in front of the post office, shows how deep the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"And uhh… I’ve seen a couple of pictures from the past of school kids that look pretty raggedy. There was no style- you wore what you could get a hold…"

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"… the ambrotype process, which indicates that this picture is probably copied from an earlier daguerreotype."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"They dug, scraped, and sifted dirt to fill-in the picture of daily living. The researchers uncovered tens of thousands of artifacts – pottery…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… photographer Frederick Langenheim took this picture in 1856, Longfellow had established an international reputation for his poetry."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… examined and analyzed closeup by clicking on the picture then using the zoom tool. These photographs were taken with an early black-and-white…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… Henry Alley, an amateur photographer, took this picture of two canneries at the beginning of Commercial Street in Lubec."

St. Croix Historical Society

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