Maine Memory Network

General offices of the Union Mutual Insurance Company, Portland, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Portland Media: Stereograph

E. H. Gove Insurance Agency, Biddeford, ca. 1900

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

394-402 Congress Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Union Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Maine Use: Bank & Offices

116-124 Exchange Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Union Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Maine Use: Offices

This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War

For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.

Umbazooksus & Beyond

Visitors to the Maine woods in the early twentieth century often recorded their adventures in private diaries or journals and in photographs. Their remembrances of canoeing, camping, hunting and fishing helped equate Maine with wilderness.

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"… and was recognized as the beneficiary of his life insurance issued by the United States for servicemen."

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… replaced with the modern 65-million-dollar Cross Insurance Center that is now home to all of the kinds of events that have always been a part of…"

Geraldine Litalien: painting a picture of life in Biddeford
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

Impact on everyday life from events occurring from the late 1920s through 2018

Cantor Beth & Dr David Strassler: personal insights on life
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

The journey of a couple devoted to each other, their family, their community and their religion