Maine Memory Network

Portland Water District

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

"With the introduction of the Portland Herald, Senator Hale and his Daily Press began to feel pressure from their lower advertising revenues."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"The name "New" Portland was thus due to its roots to the original Portland. People came to live there in 1783, but the town was officially…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"… Portland Historical Society The village of New Portland was commonly known as West Portland and today is referred to as the West Village by most…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"New Portland Fair 1951New Portland Historical Society In 1906 a corporation for a water company was formed. Warren B. Clark, E."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village

"The village lies along the banks of the Carrabassett River about four miles northeast of the West Village and three miles southwest of the North…"

Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"… Poems of Edward Arlington Robinson The MacMillan Company, 1929 Courtesy of William and Debra Barry Collections of Maine Historical Society, B…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"From the late 1880s, long after the Maine Law prohibited alcohol in Maine, the state was a key market."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Acknowledgements

"Daveis Benevolent Fund. Rum, Riot, and Reform: Maine and the History of American Drinking Curators: Bill Barry Nan Cumming Design: Nan Cumming Mark…"

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

"X Wine Taster in the form of a cannon, 1815-1830 England Courtesy of Arlene Palmer Schwind This novelty-shaped wine taster was used to sample the…"

Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ

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Historic Hallowell - Kennebec Wire Company

"They used wires from different wire mills to connect wires to houses and bring electricity. The electricity had a major impact in daily life in…"

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

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

"The dress is associated with the Longfellow family of Portland. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"John Patten was the President of The Portland and Kennebec Railroad. John Patten had the idea and was also was the main builder for this project of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"Gould increased the capacity of the electric company and cut rates in half. This increased the profits of the company as now more people were able to…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"Henry was killed at Gettysburg on July 1st, 1863. A memorial stone in the East Wilton cemetery states that his grave is in Gettysburg and his last…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… Police and a battalion of the 5th Regiment.” The Portland Brass Band accompanied them and crowds cheered as they marched along."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"Beginning in the 1860s, the Portland Railroad Company operated horse-drawn cars on rails that ran through Scarborough and other area towns."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"The train traveled from Portland stopping at stations in Scarborough and other towns on its way to South Berwick where it connected with the Boston &…"

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

"Burnham & Morrill was the first company in the United States to commercialize clamming. Its first factory began operations at the end of Seavey’s…"

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

"The company was founded in Portland in 1872, and at one time was only one of seven such companies in the country."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"By 1930 Surry's population had dropped to 488, likely impacted by The Great Depression. Emery O. Bonsey, Newbury Neck, ca."