Maine Memory Network

Unidentified young man, Freeport, ca. 1910

Do you know this dapper young man?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Freeport Media: Photographic print

Portrait of a bearded young man, Portland, 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1860-08-22 Location: Portland Media: Ambrotype

Capt. John Deering house, 1884-1919

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1884–1919 Location: Portland; Portland; Kennebunkport Client: John W. Deering Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Longfellow: The Man Who Invented America

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a man and a poet of New England conscience. He was influenced by his ancestry and his Portland boyhood home and experience.

John Y. Merrill: Leeds Farmer, Entrepreneur, & More

John Y. Merrill of Leeds (1823-1898) made terse entries in diaries he kept for 11 years. His few words still provide a glimpse into the life of a mid 18th century farmer, who also made shoes, quarried stone, moved barns, made healing salves -- and was active in civic affairs.

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"Weather resistant clothing is also the feature of a tintype of a young man in a large overcoat with a scarf wrapped around his neck."

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"… effect is especially evident in a tintype of a man seated on a bench on a faux beach with a maritime scene behind him, complete with a sailing…"

John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.

Ted Truman (Throumoulos): A treasure trove of stories
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A son of Greek immigrants’ insight into his entrepreneurial family, culture and life experiences