Maine Memory Network

Hermann Kotzschmar, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Portland Public Library Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Benjamin Cole studio portrait, Biddeford, ca. 1865

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1865 Location: Biddeford Media: Tintype

Inside the Yellow House

Photographer Elijah Cobb's 1985 portfolio of the Laura E. Richards House, with text by Rosalind Cobb Wiggins and Laura E. Putnam.

Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… over 125 actors and crew on the island and they shot scenes off Ocean Drive, on Scatterlee Beach, and on the rocks and in the water at various…"

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"The studio provided a space for John and his friends, including me, Joe Wainer, Bart Gross, Ozzie Gross, and Mike Guimond to play music together, and…"

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

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