Maine Memory Network

Lincoln Street, Brunswick, 1885

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1885 Location: Brunswick Media: Photograph, Print

Replica of the 1885 Benz

Contributed by: Seal Cove Auto Museum Date: circa 1885 Location: Seal Cove Media: Metal and Wood

Oak Grove Seminary, Vassalboro, 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885 Location: Vassalboro Client: unkown Architect: George M. Coombs

Madison Woolen Mill Co. buildings, Madison, 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885 Location: Madison Client: Madison Woolen Co. Architect: George M. Coombs

John Dunn, 19th Century Sportsman

John Warner Grigg Dunn was an accomplished amateur photographer, hunter, fisherman and lover of nature. On his trips to Ragged Lake and environs, he became an early innovator among amateur wildlife photographers. His photography left us with a unique record of the Moosehead Lake region in the late nineteenth century.

Student Exhibit: A Civil War Soldier from Skowhegan

Alexander Crawford a soldier from Skowhegan, was born in 1839 on a farm on the Dudley Corner Road in Skowhegan. He served in the Civil War and returned to Skowhegan to run the family farm.

Maine and the Civil War - Togus Veterans' Hospital view, 1885

"Togus Veterans' Hospital view, 1885 Contributed by Boston Public Library Description This bird's-eye view shows the Togus home for…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890Maine Historical Society and Maine…"

The Fur Trade in Maine

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
This lesson presents an overview of the history of the fur trade in Maine with a focus on the 17th and 18th centuries, on how fashion influenced that trade, and how that trade impacted Indigenous peoples and the environment.