Maine Memory Network

Rapids above Jackson Falls, 1890

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1890-10-05 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Jackson Falls, Houlton, 1890

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1890-10-05 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

16 Jackson Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: W. Jackson Use: Dwelling - Single family

50 Jackson Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: William T.E. Jackson Use: Dwelling - Single family

Stable for Mr. Benjamin Jackson, Lewiston, 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1896 Location: Lewiston Client: Benjamin Jackson Architect: Coombs, Gibbs and Wilkinson Architects

House for Mr. Benjamin Jackson, Lewiston, 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1896 Location: Lewiston Client: Benjamin Jackson Architect: Coombs, Gibbs and Wilkinson Architects

Working Women of the Old Port

Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.

Otisfield's One-Room Schoolhouses

Many of the one-room schoolhouses in Otisfield, constructed from 1839 through the early twentieth century, are featured here. The photos, most of which also show teachers and children, were taken between 1898 and 1998.

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Stimpson House

"One of the houses he built was for Henry Jackson Knox, the General’s son, in 1794. In the 1820s, this house on Pine Street was lived in by Brown…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Development of an Island-wide Identity

"Jackson Memorial Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ca. 1960Jesup Memorial Library In the latter half of the 20th century, old institutions grew and new ones…"