Maine Memory Network

Bas Mitzvah class, Portland, 1961

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1961 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Baptist Temple, Ocean Park, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Linen texture postcard

Gates of Praise, Children's Building, and Hospital Building for Rev. F.W. Sanford, Durham, 1898-1899

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898–1899 Location: Durham Clients: Frank Weston Sanford; B, Peck Real Estate Company Architect: Coombs, Gibbs, and Wilkinson Architects

Passing the Time: Artwork by World War II German POWs

In 1944, the US Government established Camp Houlton, a prisoner of war (POW) internment camp for captured German soldiers during World War II. Many of the prisoners worked on local farms planting and harvesting potatoes. Some created artwork and handicrafts they sold or gave to camp guards. Camp Houlton processed and held about 3500 prisoners and operated until May 1946.

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.

Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh

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First Parish in Portland

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Sister Madeleine D’Anjou: Many detours lead to a rewarding life
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

What a journey! Sister Maddie says that "God writes straight on crooked lines."

30 years of work at Mercy
by Gordon Davis

Gordon Davis recounted anecdotes from his thirty years of employment at Mercy Hospital