Maine Memory Network

Menu, Poland Spring resort, 1884

Contributed by: Poland Spring Preservation Society Date: 1884 Location: Poland Spring Media: Ink on paper

Winter harness racing, Poland Spring, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Poland Spring Media: Photographic print

73-93 Spring Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: State of Maine School for the Deaf Use: School

150 Spring Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Louis Helfont Use: Apartments

House on Craigie Street for Mrs. Arthur T. Spring, Portland, 1920-1939

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1920–1939 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Arthur T. Spring Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Alterations for Poland Spring House, South Poland, 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1880 Location: Poland Client: unknown Architect: Fasset and Stevens Architects

Poland Spring: Summering in Fashion

During the Gilded Age at the end of the nineteenth century, Americans sought to leave increasing urban, industrialized lives for the health and relaxation of the country. The Poland Spring resort, which offered a beautiful setting, healing waters, and many amenities, was one popular destination.

Auto Racing in Maine: 1911

The novelty of organized auto racing came to Maine in 1911 with a hill-climbing event in Poland and speed racing at Old Orchard Beach. Drivers and cars came from all over New England for these events.

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"Executives, their families, and their staff were welcomed at the Maine State Pier in Portland with “Guns, Whistles, and Trumpets”."

Poland Spring Preservation Society

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2020 Sheltering in Place Random Notes During COVID-19
by Phyllis Merriam, LCSW

Sheltering-in-Place personal experiences in mid-coast Maine (Rockland) during March and April 2020

My father's world - the old farm in Richmond, Maine
by Donald C. Cunningham

A story about my father and our family.