Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"Soon his criteria expanded to include portrait photographs of Maine people by local photographers. In junior high school, Earle Shettleworth read…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 2 of 3

"… just prior to the availability of the ambrotype process, which indicates that this picture is probably copied from an earlier daguerreotype."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"… led to companion industries, such as the processing of the fish catch, mills to process timber and grains, and boat building."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4

"A long-time seasonal resident of Lubec, Frank Van Riper, made a number of photographs of people and their work at McCurdy’s the last year of…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 2 of 4

"Compare this with a photograph of the Brining Room in Part II made by Frank Van Riper in 1990. Except for the electric light bulbs and plastic…"

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 3 of 4

"… in the early Nineties showed how traditional the process was without intending to do so. Step One: Sluicing into the tanks Hall observed that the…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"… history and see the power of maps in the learning process. UMF Arboretum Trail -- First put together by a biology class at University of Maine…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Hotel Willows, Farmington, ca. 1910

"… Farmington Public Library Description A photographic image on heavy paper was used as early advertising or as a postcard."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"These photographs were taken with an early black-and-white instant Polaroid camera. Piers under construction for bridge, Lubec, 1961 Lubec…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… strove to preserve documents, ephemera, books, photographs and even the very burlap sack carried by Farmington’s first settler, Stephen Titcomb."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… finding way to Western Quoddy Head annually, they photograph their families adjacent to the tower and the granite Easternmost Point marker."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"… tall against the horizon, as can be seen from the photograph at the left. Ladies Aid meeting, Swan's Island, ca."

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… taken by a person other than the professional photographer A. B. Jessaman Centennial Eastern Star float, Lubec, 1911Lubec Historical Society…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Project Overview

"In March, students began the writing process, trying to piece together everything they had learned since October."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Other companies processed and distributed milk, cream, and butter, and the surplus milk was used to make cheese."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… employ 15 people in raw material receiving and processing, pellet production, packaging and distribution."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"In 1979, Strong began the process of designing and building a new system, consisting of a deep well pumping station on the South Strong Road."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"… Grindle Point Lighthouse X TEAM ISLESBORO’S PROCESS From the start, Islesboro stressed student participation and community involvement."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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