Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"… (because of the elaborate enclosures used to house the more fragile formats), these three earliest mediums, starting with the daguerreotype, peaked…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"… at the House Restaurant, visited the White House, and met with members of the Maine Congressional delegation. Captain Berlin on the S.S."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"… the Perkins-Witherle House in Castine, the McCobb House of 1806 in Phippsburg (now the Spite House in Rockport), and the Bourne House of 1825 in…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"House of Representatives. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1854, he gained a national reputation for his opposition to slavery and his expertise in…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"Middle Street’s small frame and brick houses and buildings, the domed granite Merchants Exchange, and the Second Parish Church have long vanished…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"This photograph was taken between the completion of Mussey’s Row in 1852 and the alteration of the Preble House in 1859."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"Tip Top House, Mount Washington, New Hampshire, ca. 1861Maine Historical Society A daguerreotype of a white columned Greek Revival house is believed…"

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"… copy is part of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House Collection, while Zilpah’s is found at the Craigie-Longfellow House in Cambridge."

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 2 of 2

"… assisted him in the trade of finish carpentry for houses and buildings from 1856 to 1871. The Weeks family resided on such Munjoy Hill streets as…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3

"… Madison conducted the social life of the White House. When the British burned Washington in 1814, she rescued the full-length portrait of George…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new State House. While there, he became ill and died on October 8, 1829."

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Tate House Museum

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters Historic Site

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"Lambard and C .W King, the son of William King, the first governor of Maine. Before 1852 , King's home was at the site of the Customs House."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel

"Hawkins, 1982. 47-57. Print. Ser. 2. "Lincoln House Hotel." Welcome to Lincoln Maine. Rand Advertising. Web. 13 Apr. 2010."

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… days later the bill passed on the floor of the House, 193-59.[29] Finally, after three decades of planning, organizing, lobbying and failure…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… the 36°30' line.[33] Initiated by Speaker of the House Henry Clay, the Missouri Compromise, as it was known, was tough to swallow for many Mainers."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Atkins House, Jefferson Street, Bangor, 1851

"Martin noted in the journal that the house is at it appeared on September 25, 1851. He probably copied an earlier drawing into his 1864 journal."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Harris House, Bangor, ca. 1850

"He wrote that the house, later known as the Veazie House, was where "Clara cooked her fist meal" and was the birthplace of their first child, Ada."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"The Bath Opera House had a raging fire. The inside of the Opera House was wood, while the outside was brick."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hampden House Bar, 1837

"Hampden House Bar, 1837 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The illustration, which John Martin…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"… from the Patten Free Library Sagadahock House, Bath, 1894Patten Free Library The Sagadahock House was built in 1849; this was the building…"