Maine Memory Network

18th century pocket watch and case, ca. 1763

Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: circa 1763 Location: York Media: Gold, silver, brass, enamel, silk, paper

Presentation watch, Portland, ca. 1908

Contributed by: Mechanics' Hall Date: circa 1908 Location: Portland Media: metal, glass

6 Yard 1 - Rear Pocket #2, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Co. Use: Car Inspectors Building

Coal Pocket, Union Wharf, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Union Wharf Proprietors Use: Coal Pocket

Boiler Room, Coal Pockets, Pest House, Hose House for Maine Insane Hospital, Augusta, 1895-1907

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1895–1907 Location: Augusta Client: State of Maine Architect: G. M. Coombs; Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Insane Hospital buildings, Augusta; Vinylhaven, 1893-1907

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1893–1907 Location: Vinylhaven; Augusta; Vinylhaven Client: State of Maine Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs, Gibbs, and Wilkinson Architects

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.

A Snapshot of Portland, 1924: The Taxman Cometh

In 1924, with Portland was on the verge of profound changes, the Tax Assessors Office undertook a project to document every building in the city -- with photographs and detailed information that provide a unique view into Portland's architecture, neighborhoods, industries, and businesses.

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 2 of 3

"The pockets and sleeves are edged with a stylish detail--bands of horizontally placed stripes. In more fashionable quarters, before the new fashion…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"1940-1950 Square shouldered dress with pockets, ca. 1943Maine Historical Society Fashion more or less stalled during the war years."

Cleaning Fish or How Grandfather and Grandmother got by
by Randy Randall

Grandfather and Grandmother subsisted on the fish Grandfather caught, not always legally.

Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan

Stories of growing up Downeast