Maine Memory Network

Houlton Main Street, 1865

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1865 Location: Houlton Media: Labeled monochrome photograph

Armistice Day Parade, Millinocket Fire Department, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Millinocket Fire Department Date: circa 1920 Location: Millinocket Media: Photographic print

Putting Men to Work, Saving Trees

While many Mainers were averse to accepting federal relief money during the Great Depression of the 1930s, young men eagerly joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of President Franklin Roosevelt's most popular programs. The Maine Forest Service supervised the work of many of the camps.

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"The next afternoon the Mayor ordered a fancy lunch for all the firefighters that were there to help."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars

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