Maine Memory Network

Maine Street, Swift Block, Brunswick, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1880 Location: Brunswick Media: Stereograph

Bridge over Swift River, 1901

Contributed by: Mexico Historical Society Date: circa 1901 Location: Mexico Media: Photograph on postcard

336-338 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Swift & Co. Use: Storage - Meat Packing

338 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Swift & Co. Use: Stable

House One model house, Portland, 1992-1995

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1992–1995 Location: Portland Client: House One: A Maine Corporation Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson Architect

Evans/Brown residence, Southampton, New York, 1993-1994

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1993–1994 Location: Southampton Clients: Tina Brown; Harold Evans Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson Architect

Clean Water: Muskie and the Environment

Maine Senator Edmund S. Muskie earned the nickname "Mr. Clean" for his environment efforts during his tenure in Congress from 1959 to 1980. He helped created a political coalition that passed important clean air and clean water legislation, drawing on his roots in Maine.

Songs of Winnebago

An enduring element of summer camps is the songs campers sing around the campfire, at meals, and on many other occasions. Some regale the camp experience and others spur the camp's athletes on to victory.

John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin as zephyr, Bangor, 1866

"… sang a song that began "Pretty little zephyrs we, Swiftly through the air we bound, Throwing blossoms all around," as they threw flower petals into…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"Before that time crossings were made by fording. The first bridge to cross the Swift River was in the Hale section of town."

Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall

Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.