Maine Memory Network

Sign Shop, Lubec, ca. 1975

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1975 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Sign Board, New Portland, ca. 1931

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1931 Location: New Portland Media: Photographic print

2-8 Brown Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Albert S Rines Use: Stores & Offices

876 Brighton Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Albert S Dresser Use: Dwelling - Two Family and Store

Home for aged women, Portland, 1900-1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900–1926 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Maine Streets: The Postcard View

Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.

A Riot of Words: Ballads, Posters, Proclamations and Broadsides

Imagine a day 150 years ago. Looking down a side street, you see the buildings are covered with posters and signs.

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"A sign advertised Chase as a "Manufacturer of Carriages, Sleighs and Wheels." Extending from the village center is The Lane, leading to the Loring…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"Charles A. Harriman, who owned a jewelry and glasses business had a sign of an eye hanging outside his store."

Orphanage on Revere Street
by anonymous

An orphanage operated by a Mrs. Oliver on 54 Revere Street in Portland, Maine in 1930.

Appreciation sign for essential health care workers
by Henry J Gartley

A neighbor expresses their appreciation for the workers at a local nursing home.