Maine Memory Network

Maine General Hospital patient menu, Portland, 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1950 Location: Portland Media: Black and white paper document

Maine General Hospital School of Nursing graduates, Portland, 1934

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1934 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Maine General Hospital additions and alterations, Portland, 1929

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1929 Location: Portland Client: Maine Medical Center Architect: Coolidge Shepley Bulfinch and Abbott

Electric Passenger elevator for Children's Hospital, Portland, 1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Surgeon General Alonzo Garcelon

Alonzo Garcelon of Lewiston was a physician, politician, businessman, and civic leader when he became Maine's surgeon general during the Civil War, responsible for ensuring regiments had surgeons, for setting up a regimental hospital in Portland, and generally concerned with the well-being of Maine soldiers.

Maine Medical Center, Bramhall Campus

Maine Medical Center, founded as Maine General Hospital, has dominated Portland’s West End since its construction in 1871 on Bramhall Hill. As the medical field grew in both technological and social practice, the facility of the hospital also changed. This exhibit tracks the expansion and additions to that original building as the hospital adapted to its patients’ needs.

Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy

"Maine General Hospital in moonlight, Portland, ca. 1909Maine Historical Society Although Mercy Hospital wasn’t the first hospital open to the…"

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"The first patient appeared at Maine General Hospital on September 19, prompting administrators to establish an isolation ward rather than risk…"

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars

My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne

Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima