Maine Memory Network

Continental Paper Bag Company anniversary booklet cover, Rumford Falls, 1905

Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Rumford Media: Booklet, ink on paper

Electrical first-aid booklet, 1915

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1915 Media: Ink on paper

Columbia Theater reconstruction, S.R.E.A. Theater, Bath, 1937-1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1937–1943 Location: Bath Client: Sagadahoc Real Estate Association Architect: John Calvin Stevens John Howard Stevens Architects

Selections from the Collections

Maine Historical Society staff come across unique and unforgettable items in our collections every day. While it's difficult to choose favorites from a dynamic collection, this exhibit features memorable highlights as selected by members of the MHS staff.

Debates Over Suffrage

While numerous Mainers worked for and against woman suffrage in the state in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some also worked on the national level, seeking a federal amendment to allow women the right to vote

Presque Isle: The Star City - Thompson's Memorial

"City of Presque Isle 125th Historical Booklet. Vol. 125. Presque Isle: Booklet Committee, 1984. Graves, Richard A."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad

"… Presents City of Presque Isle 125th Historical Booklet 1859-1984. Presque Isle, 1984. Presque Isle Historical Society Walking Tour."

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars