Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"… Historical Society (MHS), to provide a permanent home for the images gathered by the two collectors."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 3 of 3

"… are illustrated by a a red and gold metallic lace two-tiered dress from Bergdorf Goodman's (NY) with a longer skirt back; and an ankle length tube…"

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

"… label reads "Pat Sandler for Highlight"; and a two piece consisting of a dress, with a black rayon knit bodice attached to a black and white tweedy…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 3 of 4

"… a gathered lavender and rose warp print with two bodices, one for day and one for evening; a bright blue, possibly ‘electric’ blue, taffeta with a…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 3 of 3

"The upper bodice features a two-inch wide band of solid diamanté beading that forms a square yoke, and becomes shoulder straps."

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… in 1788, Enoch Lincoln came from a distinguished family in which his father Levi Lincoln was a leader in Massachusetts legal and political circles…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"… Jocelyn returned to the garrison, all but his own family had left in boats. Jocelyn surrendered the garrison and was briefly held captive."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4

"It was understood that two territories existed off Pine Point. A lobster fisherman would either go to Stratton and Bluff Islands or along Prouts Neck…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"Clams were delivered in the morning to local homes, and at the end of the day the meat would be picked up."

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"Tragedy struck these families on September 4, 1855, when fifteen year old Sarah Richards drowned while swimming in the Kennebec River at Swan Island…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… most exciting of all, we put on a show for our families. This was the one time of the year that our parents came to school for this evening party."…"

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

"See a Broadway show; visit family in Arizona; experience springtime in Paris—easy, surf the web to find the best airfare, pack a bag and you’re off."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Amenities for family living encouraged extended tours of duty. Emergency Generators X The old boiler building now houses emergency…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"It is his family name that became firmly associated with it, right until today. Here, as was the case in other smokehouses in the area, this food…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… Kelley as a young woman X Images from the family of Miriam Kelley Doherty Research and text by Seth Doherty, Emma Page, Ronald Pesha, Austin…"

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

"… as others done at the time, can be looked at from two perspectives: One, the history of the owners and managers, and two, as part of the history of…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Captain Samuel Watts House

"Captain Watts first built a substantial cape style Greek Revival on Knox Street in which he and his family lived in 1842."

Early Maine Photography - War

"At the age of eighteen, James Davis left his family farm in Plymouth to join Company I of the Ninth Maine Regiment."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"They too, as John McCurdy, learned from family members how to manage the manifold aspects of the business with skill and understanding."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"Miller Family Smokehouse, LubecLubec Historical Society Herring horse: Another important artifact not in the collection of Lubec Landmarks, for…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Probably built by the Fox family in the 1790s, the two story wooden hip-roofed building housed the grocery business of Daniel Fox and his son Daniel…"

Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections

"The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection is standalone collection featured as a separate section of this site. The latter two categories are described…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Permanent Settlement

"… permanent white settlers were the Abraham Somes family and the James Richardson family from Gloucester, Massachusetts."

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"Weeks, and an elderly lady from the Deering family. Thomas R. Burnham arrived in Portland from Bangor in 1858 and was joined the next year by his…"