Maine Memory Network

Ransford W. Shaw House, Houlton, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Shaw and Mitton store, Caribou, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: circa 1895 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic print

Shaw property, N. Side Welch Street, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Dora Y. Shaw Use: Summer Dwelling

Shaw property, Central Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: William Byron Shaw Use: Summer Dwelling

Alteration in cottage for A. H. Shaw, Lewiston, 1916-1919

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916–1919 Location: Lewiston; Bath Client: Hon. A. H. Shaw Architect: Harry S. Coombs

Shaw Gallery site plan, Northeast Harbor, 1998

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1998 Location: Mount Desert Clients: Samuel Shaw; Shaw Gallery Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates

Moosehead Steamboats

After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.

Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.

Life on a Tidal River - Dick Shaw, Historian

"Dick Shaw, Historian X X X Dick Shaw is an avid collector of Brady Gang paraphernalia and history."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 452-534

"… and failures, including Pendleton & Ross, Shaw & Merrill furniture manufacturers, Furber & Metcalf, I.W."

North Atlantic Blues Festival
by Paul Benjamin

The history of the North Atlantic Blues Festival

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars