Maine Memory Network

Maine Street, Lemont Block, Brunswick, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1880 Location: Brunswick Media: Stereograph

Pleasant Street, Brunswick, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1900 Location: Brunswick; Brunswick Media: Photographic print

56 Leland Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Silas S. Lemont Use: Dwelling - Three Family

Leavitt property, E. Side Oakland Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Lemont M. Leavitt Style: Cottage Use: Summer Dwelling

Maine Streets: The Postcard View

Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Lemont, and a dry goods shop owned by Adelma Joy. The Kimball block housed Harrison Kimball’s grocery store."