Maine Memory Network

Advertisement for Lady Pepperell sheets, Biddeford, ca. 1926

Contributed by: Biddeford Mills Museum Date: circa 1926 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper

Pepperell Mills finishing room, Biddeford, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Biddeford Mills Museum Date: circa 1925 Location: Biddeford Media: Photograph

Assessor's Record, 38 Federal Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Leo Emilia Use: Garage

599-605 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Seth P Carr Use: Dwelling - Two family

Cosmopolitan stylings of Mildred and Madeleine Burrage

Born in Portland, sisters Mildred Giddings Burrage (1890-1983) and Madeleine Burrage (1891-1976) were renowned artists and world travelers. Mildred's experiences studying painting in Paris and Italy, and the sisters' trips to Mexico and Guatemala inspired their artwork and shared passions for cosmopolitan and stylish attire. Housed at Maine Historical Society, The Burrage Papers include selections of original advertising drawings called "line sheets" from Parisian fashion houses dating from 1928 to 1936. Images of Madeleine's gemstone jewelry and Mildred's artwork accompany intimate family photographs of the sisters.

Remembering Mellie Dunham: Snowshoe Maker and Fiddler

Alanson Mellen "Mellie" Dunham and his wife Emma "Gram" Dunham were well-known musicians throughout Maine and the nation in the early decades of the 20th century. Mellie Dunham also received fame as a snowshoe maker.

Music in Maine - Longfellow Family Music

"… available, people hand wrote music on lined sheets, creating their own sheet music. Members of the Longfellow family created and used manuscript…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Duchess Anjoulene apple, Bangor, 1866

"… no 3," which he began in 1867, Martin pasted a sheet labeled "Curiosity 1866." He drew an apple tree and an individual apple."

Wabanaki-Greenland connections
by Jennifer Sapiel Neptune

Exploring cultural resiliency in this time of rapidly changing climate.

21st and 19th century technology and freelance photography
by Brendan Bullock

My work is a mash-up of cutting edge technology and 19th century chemistry techniques.