Maine Memory Network

Cyclone damage, Searsport, 1921

Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: 1921-05-22 Location: Searsport Media: Photographic print

Wind Storm damage on Federal Street, Brunswick, 1892

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1892-06-14 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Island Avenue, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Use: Dwelling

N. Side Seashore Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Use: Summer Dwelling

Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.

Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood

Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood examines the monumental destruction caused by the historic flood of 1936 through the comprehensive and innovative photojournalism done by the Guy Gannett Publishing Company in the weeks surrounding the flood.

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin cone cedar tree, Bangor, 1866

"… a gale, but later a cow came into his yard and damaged the tree. He wrote under the illustration, "My cone cedar tree transplanted Oct 25 1866."…"

Lubec, Maine - A Signature Quilt

"… “indelible” inks which neither laundered out nor damaged the fabric. Tannic acid in early inks caused deterioration in cellulose fibers."

I never thought I would work at a paper mill.
by Greg Bizier

I love science and managed the lab for International Paper's Otis Mill for 31 years.

John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.