Maine Memory Network

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

"… Society/Mainetoday Media From 1922 to 1945, the Portland Public Schools offered daytime "Americanization" classes for adult and school-aged…"

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

"Club, visited Portland in July 1925 for the annual convention. Many guests arrived over the weekend by train at the Grand Trunk Station on India…"

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

"… photographs relating to crime & disaster in the Portland Press Herald Glass Plate Negative collection Like contemporary news coverage, the…"

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

"… & 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 - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"… staff were welcomed at the Maine State Pier in Portland with “Guns, Whistles, and Trumpets”. The guns were fired from Ft."

Architecture & Landscape database - Study for the LDM Sweat Memorial Art Museum, Portland, ca. 1911

"… Description Architecture commission for Portland Museum of Art at an unknown address in Portland, ME, circa 1911."

Portland Public Library

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New Portland Historical Society

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South Portland Historical Society

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Museum at Portland Head

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South Portland Public Library

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

"Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Schooner Bowdoin, backing off the pier, Wiscasset, 1926 View the Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Slide Show Text…"

First Parish in Portland

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Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"Five Portland photographers of this period are represented in the Maine Historical Society Collection: Marcus Ormsbee, George M."

City of Portland Department of Public Works

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City of Portland Planning & Urban Development

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Music in Maine - Drum, Portland, ca. 1854

"Drum, Portland, ca. 1854 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Noble and Cooley of East Granville, Massachusetts started…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland

"… Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland View exhibit: A Snapshot of Portland, 1924: The Taxman Cometh View exhibit: Picturing Henry…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Census, Timeline

"View Selective Time of Portland  The selected timeline of Portland with population figures also provides insight into the growth and changes in the…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Researching Your Home

"335 Congress Street, Portland, 1924City of Portland - Planning & Development We invite you to explore the history of your home and neighborhood, to…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Privy

"The Privy Brown Street, Portland, ca. 1875Maine Historic Preservation Commission In 2006, while rebuilding the garden wall along the original…"

Mercy Hospital - 100 Years of Mercy Hospital

"Queen's Hospital administration building, Portland, ca. 1930Northern Light Mercy Hospital The Story of Mercy Hospital began in the fall of 1918…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The House, 1786-1960

"… built their brick home on Back Street in Portland in 1785-1786, the surrounding town of Falmouth was small and rural."

Historic Clothing Collection - White cotton dress with gigot sleeves, Portland, ca. 1828 - Page 1 of 2

"White cotton dress with gigot sleeves, Portland, ca. 1828 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description By the mid-1820s…"