Maine Memory Network

'Love's Happy Golden Dream on the Old Penobscot River,' 1919

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1919 Media: Ink on paper

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Josiah Pierce essay on happiness, ca. 1825

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1825 Location: Baldwin Media: Ink on paper

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Kennedy property, E. Side Veteran Street, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Robert A. Kennedy Use: Summer Dwelling

Browning property, N. Side Sterling Street, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Catherine L. Browning Use: Summer Dwelling

The Public Face of Christmas

Christmas, a Christian holiday observed by many Mainers, has a very public, seasonal face that makes it visible to those of all beliefs.

Elise Fellows White: World Traveling Violin Prodigy

Elise Fellows White was a violinist from Skowhegan who traveled all over the world to share her music.

Historic Hallowell - St. Matthew's Episcopal Church and the Hubbard Free Library

"She was very happy to tell her piece about what happened during the ice storm to St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church."

Historic Hallowell - Dummer House

"We also know of the charm and happiness in the social life of the rapidly growing village at the Hook. Old Hallowell on the Kennebec, Nason, 1909."

Michael Reilly: preserving an iconic family business
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

The story behind Reilly's Bakery, at the heart of Biddeford’s Main Street for 100+ years

Aurore Morin & Huguette Paquette: immigrating to Biddeford
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

The experience of a young mother and her teenage sister making the transition from Quebec to Maine.