Maine Memory Network, a project of the Maine Historical Society, provides access to thousands of historical items from 270 organizations across Maine
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7 Dec 2023
Elevation of lantern for Portland Head Light, 1884
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The Portland Co. created this drawing for the US Lighthouse Engineers Office in Portland for updates to Portland Head Light in 1884
#portlandheadlight #portlandcompany #mainehistory #lighthouse
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14 Sep 2023
Tonight, 7 pm, Zoom: Learn fun, easy & free ways to create beautiful habitats for native pollinators! Whether in an apartment, small or big home, you can help bees, butterflies & birds -- vital to Earth's food systems. mainehistory.org/events/brin…
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14 Sep 2023
Longfellow Monument with "Poet Longfellow" written in landscaping, ca. 1920.
Full MMN Record Here: mainememory.net/record/14832…
#longfellow #monument #plantletters #mainehistory #maine #historicmaine #portlandmaine
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1 Sep 2023
Brunswick artist/scientist Kate Furbish preserved 8,000 Maine plants, including a new snapdragon species. Named Furbish’s Lousewort, its endangered status halted the Dickey-Lincoln dam construction. Learn more in our CODE RED show. ow.ly/rvAR50PGyCn
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21 Aug 2023
Need a refreshing ginger beer recipe this summer? Here is one from ca. 1880. This item was featured in our past (2015) exhibit "Sugar and Spice: Our Vintage Recipes," which explored historic recipes from MHS.
Record: mainememory.net/record/10337…
#gingerbeer #mainehistory #maine #207
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16 Aug 2023
NOW OPEN! New MHS Exhibition Explores Massive Historic Northeast Flood Destruction Through Guy Gannett Media & @PressHerald Comprehensive Coverage. mainehistory.org/all-exhibit…
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11 Aug 2023
Title: Pearl Street Sewer extension, with engineers and pile driver, Portland, July 9, 1887
Full MMN Record: mainememory.net/record/14823…
Contributing Partner: City of Portland - Planning & Development
#portlandmaine #backbay #mainehistory #maine
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1 Aug 2023
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@PressHerald photographers captured two beachgoers playing leapfrog at Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1930 #Maine #MaineSummer #MaineHistory #OOB
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28 Jul 2023
Robert Cheney posing with ukulele, Sanford, 1931
Full MMN record here: mainememory.net/record/14827…
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14 Jun 2022
Our #BeyondBorders project is digitizing the Barclay Collection that relates to the Northeast Boundary between the US & Canada. This "Survey of Bone, or Saint Croix Island, 1797" was used by British Secretary Ward Chipman of the St. Croix Commission to help settle the boundary.
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25 May 2022
New exhibit *Cosmopolitan Stylings of Mildred and Madeleine Burrage.* Complements *Northern Threads: Two Centuries of Dress at Maine Historical Society* *Representing Every Particular: John Martin's 19th Century Fashion Illustrations.* Enjoy these shows in-gallery or online.
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7 Dec 2021
Small Point, Phippsburg, 1731
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#manuscriptmap 52a from the Pejepscot Proprietors Records, which depicts important locations such as the mouth of the Kennebec River, Casco Bay, Small Point, Small Point Fort, Fort St. George & Fort Popham. #map #mainehistory
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7 Dec 2021
#MakeYourHolidaysHistoric with curated gift sets from our MHS Museum Store. Choose "Christmas in the Longfellow House," "Maine History Buff" & more. Shop in-store or online for direct ship or in-store pickup. mainehistorystore.com/ Enter to win MHS Household Membership by 12/15!
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29 Nov 2021
Watch MHS' Jamie Rice, interviewed by @newscentermaine's Peggy Keyser about Maine Memory Network, a collaborative digital history platform. Maine Memory celebrates 20 years & is named one of the top state genealogy websites by Family Tree Magazine! bit.ly/3lkAvtQ
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22 Nov 2021
#ShopMaineHistory Make Your Holidays Historic! Visit our Museum Store or shop online for beautiful works by Maine makers & authors, curated gift sets & fun toys. Order MHS gift memberships, vintage photos & gorgeous historic maps for home/office décor. mainehistory.org/support_hol…
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29 Oct 2021
Girl Holding a Black Cat on her Lap, ca. 1935. Image from Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection (Coll. 1949)
#nationalcatday #mainehistory #blackcat #photography
Object # 2005.061.1455
Collections of Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media
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1 Oct 2021
"Fulton and Patten lots in Bowdoinham, 1759" mainememory.net/artifact/119… #manuscript #map depicts 670 1/2 acres on Cathance Point. Surveyed by Nathan Winslow on Jan 11, 1759. This digitization project is part of @NEHgov grant awarded to MHS in 2020. #NEH #maine #beyondborders
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7 Sep 2021
Aerial Views of Burnham and Morrill Company Building, Portland, ca. 1935
#aerial photographs were most likely taken by taken by Guy Gannett’s Portland Flying Service, Photo Division, which covered Maine news from the sky.
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17 Aug 2021
Maine holds the title for most breweries per capita in the country. For Jamie Kingsman Rice from @mainehistory, it's no surprise that Maine's "independent spirit" would put it at the forefront of yet another movement.
For more: specne.ws/HhQSP6
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12 Aug 2021
"Unidentified women, ca. 1860" An ambrotype from the MMN #mysterycorner The creator of the photograph is known, Moses Hale from Ellsworth, but we do not know who the two women in the photograph are. Do you? Check out the full record at mainememory.net/artifact/484… #mainehistory
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