Maine Memory Network

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…"

Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"Similarly, a fireman from Skowhegan and John Chase of Unity are seated in front of folk art backdrops painted in maritime themes."

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"… of a man seated on a bench on a faux beach with a maritime scene behind him, complete with a sailing vessel and a lighthouse."

Davistown Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"1930Great Harbor Maritime Museum In 1761, Abraham Somes moved his family to Mt. Desert Island and settled at the head of what is now Somes Sound…"

Lubec Landmarks

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Old Berwick Historical Society

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Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Rowe, W.H. The Maritime History of Maine: Three Centuries of Shipbuilding and Seafaring, 1948. Shain, C., Shain, S."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"The late nineteenth-century decline of Maine’s maritime industry was the most poignant feature of the novels of Blue Hill-born Mary Ellen Chase."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"While the mission of the institution concentrates on the maritime heritage and culture of the state, the pioneers who founded MMM and the resulting…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… economic difficulty to a region dependent upon maritime trade. By 1814, the tiny town of Bangor with 850 people had seen its share of hard times."

Music in Maine - Community Music

"According to Ives, poets and singers from the Maritimes, often considered the best lumber camp singers, heavily influenced logging musical traditions."

Acadian Archives

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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