Maine Memory Network

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"This green space became known as Meeting House Park. (And now you know that Church Street is named for John Church and not the North Church at the…"

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

"… and Malaga, towns they called a “blot upon the state.” they considered many of the recipients of state aid to be freeloaders or, in their words: “a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Perry Opera House

"… by Northern National Bank, and named the State Theater. It burned down again in 1946, and was reconstructed as the W.T."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Paine House

"The Paine House John Paine House, Thomaston, ca. 1950Thomaston Historical Society Shortly after his arrival in 1805, John Paine built a…"

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.

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"1895Dixfield Historical Society The Tuscan Opera House, centrally located on Main Street in Dixfield once served as the cultural heart of this river…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"1940 Click on the picture to learn more about Moore's Ice Business. Ice houses were a big part of the industry on the Kennebec."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"1940Hubbard Free Library Ice houses were a big part of the industry on the Kennebec. There were three icehouses in Hallowell located on Summer…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Phair House, the Bellstead and the Social Security Building

"Beaulier sold the house in 1944 to the Bell Telephone Company and they used it to house out-of-town operators."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… cause an imbalance in the ratio of free-to-slave states, which was split equally at eleven states each."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 136-137. [30] Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 134-137, 146. [31] Note that this broadside is signed by Stephen…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… of northern cities in the United States such as Boston, New York, and Philadelphia."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin homestead, Bangor, ca. 1864

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904) and his family moved into this house…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Wood pile, 130 Center St., Bangor, ca. 1864

"… pages earlier in the journal, he had drawn the house and grounds. Accompanying this illustration, he wrote, "In drawing the house & L had I been…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rufus Prince residence, Bangor, 1850

"The illustration is on page 341. The house and brick tenements and brick store were built in 1832-1833. The house was at 176 Center Street."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865

"… side of the street in the rear of the Resivoir, House painted chrome yellow with yellow curtains The wood shed & out house fence Rough boards no…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin barn plan, Bangor, 1867

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (18223-1907), a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin gate design, Bangor, 1867

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904) of Bangor designed a series of gates…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - First Penobscot Bridge, Bangor, ca. 1846

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description In 1864, John Martin of Bangor drew, from recollection, the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Grant-Wilson political rally, Augusta Depot, 1872

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Bands and supporters from Portland, Bangor, and Augusta met at…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Arvida Hayford, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904) drew this illustration of Arvida…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Design for rustic fence, gate, Bangor, 1867

"… Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description In one of five volumes he wrote recalling his life and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"… "Every available place on the bridges custom house wharves tops of store houses vessels boats rafts vessels masts were litterally jamed." The…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hannibal Hamlin, Bangor, 1866

"He had served in the Maine House of Representatives and the U.S. House and Senate. Martin wrote under the illustration, "Hannibal Hamlin in…"