Keywords: back road
Item 81081
Road Signs, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1955
Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print
Item 81192
Kingdom School, Mexico, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Mexico Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Mexico Media: Photographic print
Item 58117
21 Hollis Road, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Louville R. Rumery Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 58119
25 Hollis Road, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Nellie H. Neal Use: Dwelling - Three Family
Exhibit
Maine Streets: The Postcard View
Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: A Civil War Soldier from Skowhegan
Alexander Crawford a soldier from Skowhegan, was born in 1839 on a farm on the Dudley Corner Road in Skowhegan. He served in the Civil War and returned to Skowhegan to run the family farm.
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4
"Even as roads began to improve in the 1930s, farmers would keep a horse and wagon as backup. Aviation fever came to Scarborough in 1926 when Chester…"
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4
"This is the Payne Road of today. The War of 1812 served as an impetus toward Maine's path to statehood."
Story
Harold's Garage, Rome Hollow, Maine
by Mimi C
Story about Harold Hawes, owner of Harold's garage and self-styled auctioneer in Rome Hollow, Maine
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
