Maine Memory Network

John Martin note on children's deaths, Bangor, ca. 1899

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: circa 1899 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper

Dunn School Remembrance card, North Yarmouth, 1900

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1900 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photograph, ink on paper

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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.

A Day for Remembering

Most societies have had rituals or times set aside to honor ancestors, those who have died and have paved the way for the living. Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, is the day Americans have set aside for such remembrances.

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo Raynes remembrance of trip around Cape Horn

"Alonzo Raynes remembrance of trip around Cape Horn   Alonzo Raynes remembrance This newspaper clipping from an unidentified California newspaper…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Knights Templar member, Bangor, 1864

"… and shopkeeper who wrote and illustrated detailed remembrances of his life and activities, added, "Their uniform was black broad cloth of the…"