Maine Memory Network

Two Morse Houses, Old County Road, Thomaston, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Lucia Wadsworth's "assembly dress," Portland, ca. 1799

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1799 Location: Portland Media: cotton, linen

77 Newbury Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Raffaele Frascone Use: Dwelling - Single family

73-75 Newbury Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: David Finkelman Use: Apartments

Ricker house alterations, Poland, 1927-1929

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927–1929 Location: Poland Client: H. W. Ricker Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Galen C. Moses house, Bath, 1901

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1901 Location: Bath Client: Galen C. Moses Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Great Cranberry Island's Preble House

The Preble House, built in 1827 on a hilltop over Preble Cove on Great Cranberry Island, was the home to several generations of Hadlock, Preble, and Spurling family members -- and featured in several books.

Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Building Boom, early 19th century

"It is from this century of Thomaston’s development that so many prize architectural examples remain."

Tate House Museum

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Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics

An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania

Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021