Keywords: Deterioration
Item 103607
Destroyed building, Bath, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1927 Location: Bath Media: Glass Negative
Item 103602
Deering High School fire, Portland, 1921
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1921-05-20 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
When Europeans arrived in North America and disrupted traditional Native American patterns of life, they also offered other opportunities: trade goods for furs. The fur trade had mixed results for the Wabanaki.
Exhibit
The Waldo-Hancock Bridge is in the process of being dismantled after over 70 years of service. The Maine State Archives has a number of records related to the history of this famous bridge that are presented in this exhibition.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Watts Block
"… Society Captain Samuel Watts purchased the deteriorated building that once housed Flint’s grocery store on the southwest corner of Knox and Main…"
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry
"Some of the old quarry pumps were in good condition, having been preserved over the decades by water, but deteriorated upon exposure to the air."
Story
If You Knew My Story
by Anonymous (Maine State Prison)
A story about incarceration in Maine
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars