Maine Memory Network

Ice harvesting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1930 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Iphigene Ochs and Arthur Hays Sulzberger bookplate, 1928

Contributed by: Cary Memorial Library in Wayne Date: 1928 Location: Wayne Media: Ink on paper

J. B. Brown town houses on West St., Portland, 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Portland Client: J. B. Brown & Sons Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

A Celebration of Skilled Artisans

The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, an organization formed to promote and support skilled craftsmen, celebrated civic pride and members' trades with a parade through Portland on Oct. 8, 1841 at which they displayed 17 painted linen banners with graphic and textual representations of the artisans' skills.

We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.

Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Arthur R. Gould Arthur Robinson Gould was born in East Corinth (a small town just north of Bangor) on March 16, 1857."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"1901Northeast Harbor Library Arthur Gilpatrick owned a recreation hall with a bowling alley, pool tables and a snack bar."

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.

Father Renald Labarre: the life of a Catholic priest
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A Biddeford native provides insights on his Franco-American roots and life as a Catholic priest.