Maine Memory Network

Otisfield Central School, Otisfield, ca. 1990

Contributed by: Otisfield Historical Society Date: circa 1990 Location: Otisfield Media: Photographic print

Central Maine Power Station, Skowhegan, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Skowhegan Media: Linen texture postcard

10A Central Wharf, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Central Wharf Cold Storage Company Use: Office

198-200 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Central Wharf Proprietors Use: Office

Central Maine Power Company office, Brunswick, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926 Location: Brunswick Client: Central Maine Power Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Hincks Coal Company, Bangor, 1945-1946

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945–1946 Location: Bangor Client: Hincks Coal Company Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

From Sewers to Skylines: William S. Edwards's 1887 Photo Album

William S. Edwards (1830-1918) was a civil engineer who worked for the City of Portland from 1876-1906. Serving as First Assistant to Chief Engineer William A. Goodwin, then to Commissioner George N. Fernald, Edwards was a fixture in City Hall for 30 consecutive years, proving indispensable throughout the terms of 15 Mayors of Portland, including all six of those held by James Phineas Baxter. Edwards made significant contributions to Portland, was an outstanding mapmaker and planner, and his works continue to benefit historians.

Portland Hotels

Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.

Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product

"The complex included a business office, two stone-cutting sheds, a modeling and sculpture studio, carpenter's shop, blacksmith's shop, stable, wagon…"

Historic Hallowell - The City of Hallowell

"City Office workers were communicating with Central Maine Power and the food bank to get power to the area and get food to the elderly and needy."

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.

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

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