Maine Memory Network

Eastern lands broadside, ca. 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1820 Media: Ink on paper

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Anti-loafing broadside, Wiscasset, ca. 1871

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1871 Location: Wiscasset Media: Ink on paper

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Westbrook Junior College 130th Anniversary Program, Westbrook, 1961

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1961 Location: Westbrook Client: City of Westbrook Architect: Wadsworth, Boston & Tuttle

A Riot of Words: Ballads, Posters, Proclamations and Broadsides

Imagine a day 150 years ago. Looking down a side street, you see the buildings are covered with posters and signs.

Unlocking the Declaration's Secrets

Fewer than 30 copies of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence are known to exist. John Dunlap hurriedly printed copies for distribution to assemblies, conventions, committees and military officers. Authenticating authenticity of the document requires examination of numerous details of the broadside.

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents

"… May 1803 Collections of Maine Historical Society Broadside 281 This remarkable broadside shows that attempts at social control harkening back to…"

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 2 of 2

"Young, John. F. The Great Bangor Fire: April 30, 1911. [poem] Broadside. Special Collections, Fogler Library, Univ. of Maine, Orono. Print."

Mémère’s Notebook
by Robert Sylvain

My Mémère’s Notebook of old Acadian Folksongs