Maine Memory Network

Kerr children, Portland, ca. 1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Spofford family, Dedham, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Dedham Media: Daguerreotype

61 Clark Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Egnac Bakiewitz Use: Dwelling - Three Family

Electric Passenger elevator for Children's Hospital, Portland, 1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Thaxter house on Cushing Island, Portland, ca. 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1896 Location: Portland Client: Sidney Warren Thaxter Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Eternal Images: Photographing Childhood

From the earliest days of photography doting parents from across Maine sought to capture images of their young children. The studio photographs often reflect the families' images of themselves and their status or desired status.

Summer Camps

Maine is home to dozens of summer-long youth camps and untold numbers of day camps that take advantage of water, woods, and fresh air. While the children, counselors, and other staff come to Maine in the summer, the camps live on throughout the year and throughout the lives of many of the campers.

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"Give my love to the children and Grandfather and Grandmother. I shall answer all letters as fast as possible while we remain here."

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2

"… by Wyman Ramsdell is the last living of the three children who survived. This made me feel a little sad because so many died.” Robert Wallace, 10."

Valeda Couture: a mother’s view on immigration of her children
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

Quebec farm life and a mother’s experience when 7 of her 12 children move to Biddeford.

Story of the "little nun"
by Felicia Garant

My grandmother made a nun's outfit for me