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Title: Upper Main Street, Strong, ca. 1909

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society

Date: circa 1909

Location: Strong

Media: Glass negative

Title: Main Street, Lubec, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society

Date: circa 1914

Location: Lubec

Media: Used halftone postcard

Title: Main Street, Caribou, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum

Date: circa 1895

Location: Caribou

Media: photogravure print, ink on paper

Address: 94-108 Park Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Park Street Block Proprietry

Use: Land only

Address: 67 Mayo Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Passageway from 67 Mayo Street to 96 Smith Street

Use: Passage

Address: 131 Preble Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Texas Company (Preble Street Station)

Use: Oil Tanks & Pit

Maine Streets: The Postcard View

Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.

KVVTI's Gilman Street Campus, 1978-1986

The Gilman Street building began its life in 1913 as Waterville High School, but served from 1978 to 1986 as the campus of Kennebec Valley Vocational Technical Institute. The building helped the school create a sense of community and an identity.

The Trolley Parks of Maine

At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.

Lincoln, Maine

The history of a long-time mill town as depicted by seventh and eighth grade students at Mattanawcook Junior High School, with help from Lincoln Historical Society and Lincoln Memorial Library. The site includes exhibits on the paper industry, founding fathers, wartime Lincoln, Main Street, influential institutions, and communication and transportation.

Cumberland & North Yarmouth

A unique two-town history. Prince Memorial Library, Cumberland Historical Society, North Yarmouth Historical Society, Skyline Farm, and Greely Middle School partnered to tell the story of how Cumberland and North Yarmouth were originally part of the same community. Libraries, the Civil War, pauper laws, main streets, local industries, and Skyline Farm are some of the topics covered on the site.

Seashore Trolley Museum

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.