Maine Memory Network

John Day to Annie Mathews from Louisiana, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Morganza Bend Media: Ink on paper

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Royal River below Riverside Farm, North Yarmouth, ca. 1900

Contributed by: North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

Chansonetta Stanley Emmons: Staging the Past

Chansonetta Stanley Emmons (1858-1937) of Kingfield, Maine, experimented with the burgeoning artform of photography. Starting in 1897, Emmons documented the lives of people, many in rural and agricultural regions in Maine and around the world. Often described as recalling a bygone era, this exhibition features glass plate negatives and painted lantern slides from the collections of the Stanley Museum in Kingfield on deposit at Maine Historical Society, that present a time of rapid change, from 1897 to 1926.

Amazing! Maine Stories

These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.

Historic Hallowell - A Walk On The Streets During The Ice Storm

"… down the street Breaking the silence is the tapping of my feet As I walk the streets I round a bend Hoping this chaos will come to an end"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 2 of 3

"… this dress illustrates what is called the “S” bend silhouette fashionable at that time. The group includes Mrs."

The Point
by Norma K. Salway

In the summer, on the eastern shore of Songo, kids dove from a leaning tree

making light
by David Johansen

My relationship with Maine and how and why I make neon lights here.