Maine Memory Network

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

"From suffrage to the glass ceiling, the NFBPWC continues to empower and mentor professional women. Within a year of its formation in 1920, the…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Sports

"The Portland Press Herald Glass Plate Collection contains many examples of sports photography, from high school sports to photographs of famous…"

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

"Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection A Brief History of the Portland Press Herald Guy Gannett with Senator Frederick Hale, Portland…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"… features selections from Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection at Maine Historical Society."

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

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

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."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"Aviation Biplane and pilots, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Aviation and news about visiting aviators…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"Along the Waterfront X The Portland Press Herald and the Evening Express ran a regular column on what was going on on Portland's busy working…"

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…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"Aerial Photography Eye In The Sky Slideshow In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland…"

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 - "Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"

""Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans" Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans View Immigration and Americanization slideshow Text by…"

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

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

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…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… in many small segments, its two ton heft of glass and iron framework was transported across the sea and up the tower."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 1 of 2

"A delicate pattern worked in small glass beads on the shoulders, round the neck, sleeve edges, and on the skirt's long straight front panel, are…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"… in the summer is as precious as the piece of sea glass or the lucky stone that stays in our pocket on that final ferry ride to the mainland at…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents

"… Great Secret X The Drunkard's Looking Glass, ca. 1812 Collections of the Dyer Library / Saco Museum Reverend Mason Locke Weems (1759-1825)…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"… Collections of Maine Historical Society, Gannett Glass Plate Negative Collection One of the major figures of American industrialization, Henry Ford…"

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

"… (now Brown) Street, and a decanter of liquor and glasses were set on the coffin" Reverend Elijah Kellog (1813-1901), 1886 Stacey Tavern…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking Implements

"… X Goblet, 1690-1710 England Blown glass Courtesy of Arlene Palmer Schwind X Bottle, 1810-1835 Western Pennsylvania Blown glass…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"… enemy that steals men's brains away, and the way glass rattled and the liquor flowed was a caution to rumsellers."

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

"1860 Blown, cut, and engraved glass; engraved with the initial M Collections of Victoria Mansion; The Morse-Libby Mansion This glassware represents…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 2 of 4

"… set with miniature cameos of either ceramic or glass. These buttons are not rare or of especially high quality, but are reflective of the era's…"