Maine Memory Network

William Pitt Preble, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Cranberry Isles Media: Daguerreotype

William Pitt Preble, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Cranberry Isles Media: Tintype

34 Pitt Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Jacob F Coombs Style: Vernacular Victorian Use: Dwelling - Three Family

76 Pitt Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Austin N Wellman Use: Dwelling - Single family

Northern Threads: Mourning Fashions

A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 18th and 19th century mourning jewelry and fashions.

Great Cranberry Island's Preble House

The Preble House, built in 1827 on a hilltop over Preble Cove on Great Cranberry Island, was the home to several generations of Hadlock, Preble, and Spurling family members -- and featured in several books.

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 2 of 2

"The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation The committee sent a similar address to the citizens of Maine urging them to support…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation - Page 1 of 2

"The American Revolution and Early Attempts at Separation Overwhelmingly dedicated to independence from Britain, Mainers quieted any murmurs of…"

History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

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