Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"… Bowdoin, backing off the pier, Wiscasset, 1926 View the Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Slide Show Text by Cindy Dykes Images from Maine Historical…"

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

"… National Governors' Association Convention View the National Governors' Convention Slideshow, 1925 On Monday June 29, 1925, over 20 of the…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"

"… Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans View Immigration and Americanization slideshow Text by Rachel Miller Images from Maine Historical…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"… Women's Clubs Power of Potential View the Maine Women's Business Convention Slideshow Delegates from the National Federation of Business…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… other citizen of Maine for the healthy point of view with which aviation is regarded here." Charles Lindbergh at Old Orchard Beach, 1927Maine…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"… found within the Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection at Maine Historical Society. View a slide show of Allies & Allegiance images"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"This “Maine-first” policy dealt with Maine products, Maine problems, politics, and people from the typical "man on the street," to the Governor of…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"… to capture major events and scenes throughout Maine. Geographic features, natural disasters, and celebrations were all better documented through…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"The Portland Evening Express was a Maine pioneer in this new publication style. The paper began featuring photographs under owner Colonel Fred Dow…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"… the White House, and met with members of the Maine Congressional delegation. Captain Berlin on the S.S. Isaac T."

Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections

"1849Maine Historical Society The early Maine photographs at Maine Historical Society are loosely dived into three categories: The…"

Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection

"… ambrotypes, tintypes, carte-de-visits, stereo views, and mounted images. Never learning to drive, he relied on his older brother Eric, his longtime…"

Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"… Mortem & Mourning Slideshow Click on image to view slideshow In pre-Civil war Maine, death was a frequent occurrence, especially taking the lives…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"… Historical Society Taken in 1845 or 1846, this view of buildings on Exchange Street in Portland is one of Maine’s oldest datable outdoor…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"Given that glass stereo views were made in America between 1854 and 1862, it is possible that this view was taken during the August, 1861 opening of…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"A tintype of a panoramic view of Round Pond by a photographer named Goodwin shows the fishing fleet in the harbor with the village beyond."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"… 1854Maine Historical Society One of the finest views of an early Maine commercial building is the daguerreotype of the Fox Building at Middle and…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"… Maine Historical Society This rare glass stereo view shows a beardless Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) sitting on the porch of his cottage…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Sports

"Sports High School Sports View a High School Sports Slideshow Sports, as in newspapers around the globe, occupied a prominent role in the…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

""Man on the Street" Street scene, Monument Square, Portland, ca. 1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media The Portland Evening Express…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 2 of 2

"Crime & Disaster This was the fourth school fire in Portland in 1921 and was of unknown origin. It started in the library, which did not have a…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"Crime & Disaster Crime & Disaster A selection of photographs relating to crime & disaster in the Portland Press Herald Glass Plate Negative…"

Maine Folklife Center, University of Maine

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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