Maine Memory Network

Old Dyer Library Shelf Stacks, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print

Maine Historical Society Research Library, Portland, ca. 1907

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1907 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

120-122 Lancaster Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Richard E. Stack Use: Dwelling - Two family

Le Théâtre

Lewiston, Maine's second largest city, was long looked upon by many as a mill town with grimy smoke stacks, crowded tenements, low-paying jobs, sleazy clubs and little by way of refinement, except for Bates College. Yet, a noted Québec historian, Robert Rumilly, described it as "the French Athens of New England."

Educating Oneself: Carnegie Libraries

Industrialist Andrew Carnegie gave grants for 20 libraries in Maine between 1897 and 1912, specifying that the town own the land, set aside funds for maintenance, have room to expand -- and offer library services at no charge.

Historic Hallowell - Natural Resource to Finished Product

"… wagon house, storehouse, boiler-house with stack and a rail siding. Workers produced building stones, paving stones and statuary and monuments."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 5 of 6

"… bought—by another proprietor clinging to a stack of conflicting deeds. Above all, settlers feared that they might be forced into tenancy or wage…"

A Lifelong Romance with Retail
by George A Smith

Maine's once plentiful small retail stores.

I have thought about Vietnam almost every day for 48 years
by Ted Heselton

Working as a heavy equipment operator in Vietnam