Maine Memory Network

Workers pouring concrete into forms for bridge decking, Strong, 1922

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: 1922 Location: Strong Media: Photographic print

Backstop construction, Guilford, 1965

Contributed by: Guilford Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Location: Guilford Media: Photographic print

Assessor's Record, 59-89 West Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: E. Corey & Co. Use: Concrete Pits

14-30 Irving Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Sarah E. Gailey Use: Factory - Concrete Blocks

School of Fine Arts, Portland, ca. 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: Portland Client: Portland Society of Art Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Residence for Mrs. Brooks Leavitt, Wilton, 1935-1951

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1935–1951 Location: Wilton; Wilton Client: Elizabeth Leavitt Architect: John Howard Stevens; John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Anshe Sfard, Portland's Early Chassidic Congregation

Chassidic Jews who came to Portland from Eastern Europe formed a congregation in the late 19th century and, in 1917, built a synagogue -- Anshe Sfard -- on Cumberland Avenue in Portland. By the early 1960s, the congregation was largely gone. The building was demolished in 1983.

Civil Defense: Fear and Safety

In the 1950s and the 1960s, Maine's Civil Defense effort focused on preparedness for hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters and a more global concern, nuclear war. Civil Defense materials urged awareness, along with measures like storing food and other staple items and preparing underground or other shelters.

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of North New Portland

"It is presently a two span concrete t-beam bridge constructed by the Maine State Highway commission in 1921."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of East New Portland

"This bridge was replaced with a two-span concrete T-beam bridge constructed in 1936 by the Maine State Highway Commission."

My Story of Trauma
by Anonymous (Maine Correction Center)

The process of being incarcerated is traumatic. This is my story.

The Oakfield Inn
by Rodney Duplisea

This is a summarized article about the opening of the Oakfield Inn. It appeared in the Bangor Daily