Maine Memory Network
Maine's Online Museum

Title: State Street, Portland, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: circa 1890

Location: Portland

Media: Photograph

Title: State Street, Portland, 1886

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: 1886-01-28

Location: Portland

Media: Photograph

Title: State Street, Portland

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: circa 1900

Location: Portland

Media: Postcard

Address: 179 State Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Florence Locke

Use: Dwelling - Single family

Address: 701 Congress Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Florence State

Use: Dwelling - Single family

Address: 465-471 Congress Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: State Loan Company

Use: Bank & Offices

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.

"Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"

Concern about immigrants and their loyalty in the post World War I era led to programs to "Americanize" them -- an effort to help them learn English and otherwise adjust to life in the United States. Clara Soule ran one such program for the Portland Public Schools, hoping it would help the immigrants be accepted.

Protests

Throughout the history of the state, residents have protested, on paper or in the streets, to increase rights for various groups, to effect social change, to prevent social change, or to let their feelings be known about important issues.

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.