Maine Memory Network

Pleasant Street, Kennebunk, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Kennebunk Free Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Kennebunk Media: Contact Print from Glass negative

Pleasant Street, Lubec, ca. 1905, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

10 Pleasant Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Heire C Connolly Use: Dwelling - Two family

11 Pleasant Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Allen Bailey and Allen Bailey Realty Co Use: Garage, public

Renovations to 127 Pleasant Street for John Calvin Stevens II, Portland, 1962-1972

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962–1972 Location: Portland Client: Thomas Stevens Delano Architect: John Calvin Stevens II

Building for I.O.O.F, Auburn, 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900 Location: Auburn Client: I.O.O.F. Auburn Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In

Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.

Portland Hotels

Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Narrative

"… to both the river and the area as Segochet, “a pleasant place,” but Captain George Waymouth, an early English navigator, renamed the river the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Catholic Church

"The church was being built across from Pleasant Street, yet the rectory was two buildings away. They held the first mass in the church on Sunday…"

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down

A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker

Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference