Maine Memory Network

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

"The extremely popular “Indian Village,” hosted by members by members of the Wabanaki community at Deering Oaks was a crowd and media favorite."

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

"He chose the town as the departure port on many of his voyages to the Arctic and Subarctic. The departures were festive occasions."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"… have been difficult or impossible in the small ports of Maine, where taverns were closely regulated."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"Casco Engine Co. No. 1, Portland, 1846Maine Historical Society Casco Fire Company, ca. 1849 Middle Street near Exchange Daguerreotype Collections of…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1919 to 1934: The Nation Follows Maine Into Prohibition

"… vessels also illegally smuggled liquor into Maine ports. Rum continued to come from the West Indies in small Maine-made vessels built specifically…"

Congregation Shaarey Tphiloh

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… anchorage at Pine Point never has been home port to any large fishing vessels, but it’s likely that some Scarborough men fished off shore on…"

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

"… all international trade to and from American ports; with this, President Thomas Jefferson hoped that Britain and France would see value in the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… restrictions of World War II were lifted, the Port-of-Maine Airport opened at a site off Pleasant Hill Road."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"By the 1790s, Portland had rebuilt its port and surpassed Dunstan as a trading center. 'Delia Chapin' construction, Dunstan Landing…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"A second airport, the Port-of-Maine Airport, opened after World War II at a site off Pleasant Hill Road."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"Robert Southgate in 1771. King was a distinguished citizen, merchant, farmer, and ship builder. Three of his children became major public figures."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"The captain planned to anchor behind the breakwater at the northeast side of Richmond Island at Cape Elizabeth until morning and then continue on to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… loading his schooners with lumber and trading in ports such as Boston, but also coasted as far South as Jacksonville, Florida, and seasonally went…"

Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers

"Then it was purchased for the use at Bath to help the smaller Hockomock ferry. Thomas Coss was the first to captain of the Governor King."

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"The Kennebec Journal had articles of the ships that came in and out of Hallowell because many people owned a part of the profit."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… passengers with whom she had started for Maine ports and St. John, N.B., only half an hour before … International Steamship Landing The…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… shipped 246,000,000 board feet of lumber from its port. The great spring river drives down the Penobscot brought the lumber to mills lining the…"