Maine Memory Network

Deering High School, Portland, 1922

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1922 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Deering High School cheerleaders, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1930 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Deering Avenue Junior High School, Portland, 1949

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1949 Location: Portland Client: City of Portland Architect: John Howard Stevens John Calvin Stevens II Architects

Deering Avenue Junior High School, Portland, 1949-1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1949–1950 Location: Portland Client: City of Portland Architect: John Howard Stevens John Calvin Stevens II Architects

Reading, Writing and 'Rithmetic: Brooklin Schools

When Brooklin, located on the Blue Hill Peninsula, was incorporated in 1849, there were ten school districts and nine one-room school houses. As the years went by, population changes affected the location and number of schools in the area. State requirements began to determine ways that student's education would be handled. Regardless, education of the Brooklin students always remained a high priority for the town.

Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"The May School A unique early school was known as the May School. The May sisters, Julia and Sara, operated a private school for girls in Farmington…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Village Schools

"The program highlighted the ideals and standards of young graduates of that century. Village School, cr."

Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler

How hunting has impacted my life

Portland in the 1940s
by Carol Norton Hall

As a young woman in Portland during WWII, the presence of servicemen was life changing.