Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - James Emery cottage, Bucksport, 1867

"… head of the ferry on the northeast corner of Main Street. John Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper, wrote and illustrated five…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"… to hitch and turn horses was vacant on French Street and the Committee purchased this lot so as to convene in a central point of view the people…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"X ELM STREET BUSINESSES Tina Welts House on Elm Street, Guilford, ca. 1880Guilford Historical Society Elm Street Businesses…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"… early outdoor photographs, as reflected in street scenes in South Paris and Athens. A South Paris tintype of about 1860 shows eleven members of the…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"Water Street decorated for Centennial, Lubec, 1911Lubec Memorial Library Centennial on Water Street, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society The…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"Ridlonville View of Main Street Ridlonville from Day Hill, 1908Mexico Historical Society Text by Irene Hutchinson Images contributed by…"

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

"… Society Here’s a view looking southwest on Water Street at its junction with School Street. The towered corner building housed the Post Office in…"

Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943

"… window of Weatherbee's Hardware Store on Main Street during the war. The back of the photo mentions some of the soldiers featured in the display."

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856

"… built in 1856 on the corner lot of lower Main Street. David S. Plumly had it built following a fire which destroyed his store in the same location…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store interior, Bangor, 1862

"… of the inside of the shop he kept on Center Street in Bangor for several years starting in 1862."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lamps and stove, John Martin store, Bangor, 1864

"… lamps were hung in John Martin's store on Center Street in Bangor -- 15 feet apart. The store also had "the best fashion stove to infuse heat over…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Skating Rink, 1868

"… the surrounding area: two steamer wharfs and Broad Street behind them. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin house floor plan, Bangor, 1864

"… wife, Clara Cary, bought a house at 130 Center Street in Bangor in 1854. Five of their six children were born there."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Interior plans, Third Parish Church, Bangor, 1865

"… vestibule of the Third Parish Church on French Street in Bangor are part of a journal that John Martin (1823-1904) of Bangor wrote and illustrated…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"… from 1855 to 1875 identify shipyards on Water Street under the following names: Robinson, McCallum, Walsh, French, E. Brown, Joshua Morton, J."

Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"As he passes through its long, parallel streets or up and down its sloping hillsides, he will still see the handsome, spacious houses of the early…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fred Ryder, Bangor, 1864

"He sold candy on the streets. In cold weather, he visited John Martin's store on Center Street and asked for work."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Primary and intermediate school, Bangor, 1865

"… school shown here was on the east side of Center Street opposite the intersection with Jefferson Street in Bangor."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"… four daguerreotypes and an ambrotype of Portland streets scenes of the 1840s and 50s rank among the earliest photographs of the city."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"West Main Street, Thomaston, ca. 1899Thomaston Historical Society Due to the thriving shipbuilding and lime quarrying businesses, the population in…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Additions and New Wing - 1824 to 1843

"Warden Joel Miller House, Main Street, Thomaston, Maine c 1870Thomaston Historical Society Joel Miller, who was also a Senator and later Judge of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"Walley’s summer villa, on Eden Street, last Tuesday night. The first of the place were there. There were the cottage aristocracy, the rich and…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2

"… the waterfront was used by people along Water Street and a lumber company. Shepard's Wharf was also on the waterfront and was the head of…"

City of Brewer

Brewer is the gateway to coastal communities and Acadia National Park. The city along with Bangor also serves as a trading and distribution center for the coastal areas and towns and cities to the north with the total region having a population of approximately 250,000 people.