Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"Aerial Photography Eye In The Sky Slideshow In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Sports

"Sports High School Sports View a High School Sports Slideshow Sports, as in newspapers around the globe, occupied a prominent role in the…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

""Man on the Street" Street scene, Monument Square, Portland, ca. 1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media The Portland Evening Express…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"1925 National Governors' Association Convention View the National Governors' Convention Slideshow, 1925 On Monday June 29, 1925, over 20 of…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"… National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs Power of Potential View the Maine Women's Business Convention Slideshow…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 2 of 2

"Crime & Disaster This was the fourth school fire in Portland in 1921 and was of unknown origin. It started in the library, which did not have a…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"Crime & Disaster Crime & Disaster A selection of photographs relating to crime & disaster in the Portland Press Herald Glass Plate Negative…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"Then, in warmer weather, the ice would be loaded onto schooners for transport to market. As the granite industry was coming into its own, another…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland

"… never painted and over time acquired its natural weather-beaten appearance. In the winter snow was brought in to cover the floor on one side to…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"… summer and fall of 1849, due to severe changes of weather, the inmates suffered much sickness and mortality from dysentery and typhoid."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"Every Saturday night, weather permitting, they would meet on a different island for a dance. You can imagine taking a boat to an island for a dance…"

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"There had been four days of rain and warm weather that caused the snow to melt. The water started to rise early on March 31, 1987."

Guilford, Maine - EXHIBITS

"While ravages of time, conflagration and weather have taken many from us, here we provide a selection of our ancient structures, some of which still…"

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"Weather resistant clothing is also the feature of a tintype of a young man in a large overcoat with a scarf wrapped around his neck."

Skowhegan Community History - Farming in the Skowhegan Area

"… the 1800s because the soil was very rocky and the weather was harsh. The first means of power for a farm was ox power and that was very hard and it…"

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

"… 21, 1934Lubec Historical Society People revel in weather extremes, and eagerly document their suffering with photographs."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… the president of B.I.W., gave the station a weather vane depicting a destroyer at the start of World War II."

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"It was in subzero weather and two people were injured. Later on, they found that the fire had started on the first floor due to an old wood stove."

Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"… Log Hauler Goes Full Steam Ahead." Maine News, Weather, Sports Channel 6 NBC Portland | WCSH6.com | Portland, ME. Web. 6 Apr. 2010."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"Unchanged are the seasonal weather conditions, mosquitoes, green-headed flies and midges that bother diggers on the flats."

Acadia National Park

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… were carried to Tremont twice a week when the weather would permit a sail boat to cross the bay Later they were carried daily The department…"

Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections

"Tintype of man in weather resistant clothing, ca. 1900Maine Historical Society Such methods for organizing photographs was thought to provide…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"In good weather, most church-goers to the eastward would row to Southwest for the Congregational Church."