Maine Memory Network

Mary Cunningham Miller, Houlton, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1880 Location: Houlton; Gagetown Media: Photographic print

Cunningham Boarding House, Mount Desert, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Maine Granite Industry Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Mount Desert; Hall Quarry Media: Photographic print

210-212 Park Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Eugene Cunningham Use: Garage

210-212 Park Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Eugene Cunningham Use: Dwelling - Two family

Various jobs for T.W. Cunningham contractors, Bangor, 1942-1948

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942–1948 Location: Bangor Client: T.W. Cunningham Contractors Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Princeton CCC Camp alterations for P.O.W. camp, Princeton, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Princeton Client: Princeton CCC Camp Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In

Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.

Back to School

Public education has been a part of Maine since Euro-American settlement began to stabilize in the early eighteenth century. But not until the end of the nineteenth century was public education really compulsory in Maine.

Presque Isle: The Star City - Cunningham School

"… was repurposed as a middle school and was renamed Cunningham Middle School in honor of Franklin Cunningham, a former principal."

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"In the 1880s he settled on Cunningham Ridge in Surry with his wife, Mary E. Cunningham. His first sawmill was on Toddy Pond at the mouth of Sandy…"

Welcome home Sgt. Cunningham
by Donald C Cunningham

It was great to be back in Maine.

My father's world - the old farm in Richmond, Maine
by Donald C. Cunningham

A story about my father and our family.