Maine Memory Network

Street railroad, South Portland, 1938

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1938-08-08 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Knightville Square, South Portland, ca. 1928

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1928 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

16 South Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Mark A. Sulkowitch Use: Apartments

42 South Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Grace Anderson Use: Dwelling

Pine Street School, South Portland, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Location: South Portland Client: City of South Portland Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Grade School for the City of South Portland, South Portland, 1927-1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927–1930 Location: South Portland Client: City of South Portland Architect: John Calvin Stevens John Howard Stevens Architects

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.

A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915

After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.

South Portland Historical Society

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South Bristol Historical Society

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Tammy Ackerman: Falling in love with Biddeford
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

Someone "from away" who fell in love with Biddeford and contributed to its transformation

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down