Bar Harbor, Maine. Civil Air Patrol base headquarters of coastal patro...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Buffalo Hill, Aroostook County, Maine. Congregational choir services h...
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The great snow at Old Orchard / picture by Eleanor B. Roosevelt.
Page from scrapbook showing a snow covered landscape photographed through french doors. Illus. in: Scrapbooks documenting the families of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and Eleanor Butler Alexander Roosevelt, vol. 2... More
State of Maine; base map with highways and contours, shaded relief.
Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Bailey's Island, Maine - Color photograph, Kodachrome film transparenc...
Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Lone lobster boat in Eastport, Maine
Picryl description: Public domain image of a boat in a harbor, water, fishing boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Huge Jamesway dairy barn at Wells Reserve at Laudholm Farm, Wells, Mai...
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The Cape Neddick, or "Nubble," Light
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Excursion railroad train waits to depart in Wiscasset, a town known as...
Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More
Sunoco Gasoline sign, Route 172, Blue Hill, Maine
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Gasoline signs. Purchase; John Margolies 2008 (DLC/PP-2008:109-3). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America ph... More
Starlite Motel sign, Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Motels. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph a... More
The Cape Neddick lighthouse, known locally and affectionately as the N...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More
The main public library, a remodeled 1978 building in downtown Portlan...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More
An October 2017 aerial view of a suburban development in Wells, Maine
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More
An October 2017 aerial view of the terrain and tidal streams of southe...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More
Fall scene near Hampden, Maine - Drawing. Public domain image.
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More
A portion of the sculpture garden at the Ogunquit museum of American A...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More
Jocelyn Richards's and Meagan Paquette's creation of a truly giant lob...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More
![Tree of intemperance / [Archibald] Macbrairs, lith.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDgvdHJlZS1vZi1pbnRlbXBlcmFuY2UtYXJjaGliYWxkLW1hY2JyYWlycy1saXRoLTRlNGYzYy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "Tree of intemperance / [Archibald] Macbrairs, lith.")
Tree of intemperance / [Archibald] Macbrairs, lith.
The second of a pair of prints (see "Tree of Temperance," no. 1855-2) issued by A. D. Fillmore in 1855 expounding on the benefits of temperance and the evils of drink. In the center grows a gnarled tree whose r... More
6 P.M. April 23, 1909. A few of the young workers in Bates Mfg. Co., L...
Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 718. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More
5:30 A.M. Boys working in Bates Mfg. Co. Youngest one has been there o...
Title from NCLC caption card. In album: Mills. Hine no. 713. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. General information about the National ... More
Acadia National Park Motor Roads, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME
Significance: Motorists visiting Acadia National Park enjoy a variety of experiences on the park's acclaimed road system. The principal park road is the Park Loop Road, a 20-mile circuit around the eastern hal... More
Acadia National Park Motor Roads, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME
Significance: Motorists visiting Acadia National Park enjoy a variety of experiences on the park's acclaimed road system. The principal park road is the Park Loop Road, a 20-mile circuit around the eastern hal... More
First Church (Congregational Unitarian), Northwest corner of Church & ...
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Wright's Bridge, Spanning Sugar River, former Boston & Maine Railroad ...
Significance: One of only eight remaining covered railroad bridges in the country. Wright's Bridge is structurally the most interesting of the four existing bridges built while Jonathan Parker Snow was bridge ... More
Wright's Bridge, Spanning Sugar River, former Boston & Maine Railroad ...
Significance: One of only eight remaining covered railroad bridges in the country. Wright's Bridge is structurally the most interesting of the four existing bridges built while Jonathan Parker Snow was bridge ... More
![The Harbor from Newport House, Bar Harbor, Mt. [i.e. Mount] Desert Island, Me.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDEvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWhhcmJvci1mcm9tLW5ld3BvcnQtaG91c2UtYmFyLWhhcmJvci1tdC1pZS1tb3VudC1kZXNlcnQtaXNsYW5kLW1lLTEwMjQuanBn/40/31/webp "The Harbor from Newport House, Bar Harbor, Mt. [i.e. Mount] Desert Island, Me.")
The Harbor from Newport House, Bar Harbor, Mt. [i.e. Mount] Desert Isl...
Public domain image of a historic view of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
York Beach from Concordville, Maine
Public domain photograph - panorama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sieur de Monts Springhouse, Route 3 & Park Road, Mount Desert Island, ...
Significance: On November 8, 1603, King Henry IV of France granted a patent to Pierre de Gua, Sieur de Monts, giving him full authority over La Cadie (L'Acadie or Acadia French for the Indian name "The Place"... More
New Portland Suspension Bridge, Spanning Carrabasset River, New Portla...
Significance: The New Portland (Wire) Bridge is the only early American suspension bridge that remains basically unaltered, aside from John A. Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct. It is also the only extant example of... More
Great Duck Island Light Station, At southern tip of Great Duck Island ...
Survey number: HABS ME-207
Boston & Maine Railroad, Northampton Lattice Truss Bridge, Northampton...
Significance: This structure is an early example of an all-riveted metal lattice truss built for railroad use. The form of the riveted lattice truss reduced deflection under heavy moving loads and, apparently,... More
Boston & Maine Railroad, Essex Street Bridge, Spanning Boston & Maine ...
Significance: The Boston & Maine Railroad built wood and iron truss bridges into the twentieth century, long after most other railroads had switched to all-metal bridges. The Essex Street Bridge is representat... More
Kimball House, Village Green, Paris, Oxford County, ME
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Fort Halifax, U.S. Route 201, Winslow, Kennebec County, ME
Suggested address, U. S. Rt. 201, is not verifiable in documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-24 Survey number: HABS ME-55 Building/structure dates: 1754 Initial Construc... More
Fort Halifax, U.S. Route 201, Winslow, Kennebec County, ME
Suggested address, U. S. Rt. 201, is not verifiable in documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-24 Survey number: HABS ME-55 Building/structure dates: 1754 Initial Construc... More
Fort Halifax, U.S. Route 201, Winslow, Kennebec County, ME
Suggested address, U. S. Rt. 201, is not verifiable in documentation. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-24 Survey number: HABS ME-55 Building/structure dates: 1754 Initial Construc... More
Ram Island Light Station, Ram Island, south of Ocean Point & just nort...
Survey number: HABS ME-206 Public domain image related to President Abraham Lincoln, gelatin silver print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Riggs Gravestone, Riggs Family Cemetery,Riggs Cove, Robinhood, Sagadah...
Suggested address, Riggs Family Cemetery, Riggs Cove, is not verifiable in documentation. Survey number: HABS ME-59 Building/structure dates: 1804 Initial Construction
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Eastern Branch, Grounds...
Survey number: HABS ME-228-N Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community Meetinghouse, West of State Route 26,...
Significance: An excellent example of this building type and of fine framing and carpentry, representing a vernacular survival of exposed framing and simple trim. Unusually effective in its design and detail, t... More
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community Meetinghouse, West of State Route 26,...
Significance: An excellent example of this building type and of fine framing and carpentry, representing a vernacular survival of exposed framing and simple trim. Unusually effective in its design and detail, t... More
"I cut my finger nearly off, cutting sardines the other day." Seven ye...
Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County,...
Significance: This house, now a museum, was built for a wealthy Rockland merchant, William A. Farnsworth. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38 Survey number: HABS ME-77 Building/... More
William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County,...
Significance: This house, now a museum, was built for a wealthy Rockland merchant, William A. Farnsworth. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38 Survey number: HABS ME-77 Building/... More
William A. Farnsworth Homestead, 21 Elm Street, Rockland, Knox County,...
Significance: This house, now a museum, was built for a wealthy Rockland merchant, William A. Farnsworth. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38 Survey number: HABS ME-77 Building/... More
Morse-Libby House, 109 Danforth Street, Portland, Cumberland County, M...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS ME-53 Building/structure dates: ca. 1859 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000074
Brown's Head Light Station, Northwest point of Vinalhaven Island, off ...
Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Fort Point Light Station, On Cape Jellison at end of Fort Point Road i...
Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
West Quoddy Head Light Station, At eastern tip of West Quaddy Head, Lu...
Survey number: HABS ME-208
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Eastern Branch, Governo...
Survey number: HABS ME-228-Q Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Kimball House, 2 Summer Street, Kennebunk, York County, ME
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Kimball House, 2 Summer Street, Kennebunk, York County, ME
Public domain scan of architectural drawing, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lincoln County Courthouse, West side of common, Wiscasset, Lincoln Cou...
Suggested address, High Street, is not verifiable in documentation. Structure was oldest courthouse in Maine in continuous service (at time of recording). Significance: This is a well-preserved courthouse, in a... More
Christ Church (Episcopal), 1 Dresden Avenue, Gardiner, Kennebec County...
Significance: This is the third "Gothick" church built in New England and one of the earliest built in America. Christ Church played a pioneering role, introducing a new architectural style to America. This sty... More
Maine Lobster Boat Little Girls, Jonesport Harbor, Beals Island, Washi...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1249 Survey number: HAER ME-97 Building/structure dates: 2007 Initial Construction
Curtis Island Light Station, Curtis Island, at entrance to Camden Harb...
Survey number: HABS ME-220
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow House, 487 Congress Street, Portland, Cumbe...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS ME-2 Building/structure dates: 1785- 1786 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1815 Subsequent Work National ... More
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow House, 487 Congress Street, Portland, Cumbe...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS ME-2 Building/structure dates: 1785- 1786 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1815 Subsequent Work National ... More
First Parish Church (Unitarian), 425 Congress Street, Portland, Cumber...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS ME-6 Building/structure dates: 1825- 1826 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1852 Subsequent Work
First Parish Church (Unitarian), 425 Congress Street, Portland, Cumber...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS ME-6 Building/structure dates: 1825- 1826 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1852 Subsequent Work
Portland Breakwater Lighthouse, Northeast end of Portland Breakwater, ...
Significance: This Greek Revival structure was first built in 1855 and rebuilt in 1875. It is constructed of cast-iron plate, its bolted joined covered by cast-iron Corinthian columns, cornices, and cresting. T... More
Three cutters in Factory #7, Seacoast Canning Co., Eastport, Me. They ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a child labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Central Church (Congregational), 804 Washington Street, Bath, Sagadaho...
Significance: Arthur Gilman designed this wooden Gothic church in 1846; it has a cathedral-like interior detailed in wood, and stained glass windows. Survey number: HABS ME-148 Building/structure dates: 1... More
Central Church (Congregational), 804 Washington Street, Bath, Sagadaho...
Significance: Arthur Gilman designed this wooden Gothic church in 1846; it has a cathedral-like interior detailed in wood, and stained glass windows. Survey number: HABS ME-148 Building/structure dates: 1... More
![[Long Beach & Cape Neddick, York, Me.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvbG9uZy1iZWFjaC1hbmQtY2FwZS1uZWRkaWNrLXlvcmstbWUtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Long Beach & Cape Neddick, York, Me.]")
[Long Beach & Cape Neddick, York, Me.]
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Bates Manufacturing Company, Storehouse, Northeast corner of Chestnut ...
Significance: This cotton storage building was built by the Bates Manufacturing Company to store large shipments of cotton required to supply the newly developed Jacquard Weaving Mill No. 6, constructed in 1892... More
Bates Manufacturing Company, Storehouse, Northeast corner of Chestnut ...
Significance: This cotton storage building was built by the Bates Manufacturing Company to store large shipments of cotton required to supply the newly developed Jacquard Weaving Mill No. 6, constructed in 1892... More
Three young cutters who work in Seacoast Canning Co., Factory #4. Ages...
Picryl description: Public domain image of boy workers, child labor, working children, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
St. Croix Island National Monument, Boat House, Bar Harbor, Hancock Co...
See HABS No. ME-168-A for fieldnotes. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-59 Survey number: HABS ME-168-E
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Eastern Branch, Medical...
Survey number: HABS ME-228-B Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Rollins Farm Bridge, Spanning Boston & Maine Railroad at Ham Road, Rol...
Significance: Rollins Farm Bridge is one of possibly seven standing boxed pony timber bridges in North America, and one of four in New Hampshire. It is the only example of the numerous overhead roadway bridges... More
Stanley Brook Bridge, Spanning Stanley Brook, Stanley Brook Motor Road...
Significance: The triple-arched Stanley Brook Bridge spans Stanley Brook, the Stanley Brook Road connecting Seal Harbor with the Park Loop Road, and the historic Seaside Path bridle trail. One of the most form... More
Water Street Bridge, Spanning Boston & Maine Railroad tracks at Water ...
Significance: The bridge is one of 35 historic through girder bridges extant in the state of New Hampshire. It ranked fifth under the NHDOT bridge rating system. The bridge is technologically significant becaus... More
Water Street Bridge, Spanning Boston & Maine Railroad tracks at Water ...
Significance: The bridge is one of 35 historic through girder bridges extant in the state of New Hampshire. It ranked fifth under the NHDOT bridge rating system. The bridge is technologically significant becaus... More
Bass Harbor Head Light Station, At southwest tip of Mount Desert Islan...
Survey number: HABS ME-197 Public domain photograph related to the history of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Isle Au Haut Light Station, Robinson's Point, Isle Au Haut, Knox Count...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a small palace, chateau, villa, residential historic building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Isle Au Haut Light Station, Robinson's Point, Isle Au Haut, Knox Count...
Public domain photograph of a house, cottage, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Eastern Branch, Adminis...
Survey number: HABS ME-228-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Colonel John Black House, West Main Street (State Route 172), Ellswort...
Significance: Interesting example of the Federal Style. Of exceptional quality for the area. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Interesting extant outbuildings are a Stables and Carriage House ... More
Colonel John Black House, West Main Street (State Route 172), Ellswort...
Significance: Interesting example of the Federal Style. Of exceptional quality for the area. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Interesting extant outbuildings are a Stables and Carriage House ... More
Colonel John Black House, West Main Street (State Route 172), Ellswort...
Significance: Interesting example of the Federal Style. Of exceptional quality for the area. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Interesting extant outbuildings are a Stables and Carriage House ... More
Colonel John Black House, West Main Street (State Route 172), Ellswort...
Significance: Interesting example of the Federal Style. Of exceptional quality for the area. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Interesting extant outbuildings are a Stables and Carriage House ... More
Bourne Mansion, Bourne Street, Kennebunk, York County, ME
Suggested address, Bourne Street, is not verifiable in documentation. Survey number: HABS ME-15 Building/structure dates: 1812 Initial Construction
Bath Railroad Station, 15 Commercial Street, Bath, Sagadahoc County, M...
Significance: The Bath Railroad Station is an excellent example of the Late-Georgian influenced Colonial Revival style as exemplified by the Flemish bond brickwork, the round arched, fan-lit openings above the ... More
Bath Railroad Station, 15 Commercial Street, Bath, Sagadahoc County, M...
Significance: The Bath Railroad Station is an excellent example of the Late-Georgian influenced Colonial Revival style as exemplified by the Flemish bond brickwork, the round arched, fan-lit openings above the ... More
Old York County Gaol, Lindsay Road, York Village, York County, ME
Significance: Traditionally built in 1653 and reputedly the oldest public building in English America, the Gaol, although evidently an 18th century construction, is nevertheless of major significance as a very ... More
Henry Tallman House, 982 High Street, Bath, Sagadahoc County, ME
Significance: This wood and frame, rectangular, transitional Federal-Greek Revival residence was built for Henry Tallman, a prominent Bath lawyer and public office-holder. It has a balustraded colonnade on two ... More
Henry Tallman House, 982 High Street, Bath, Sagadahoc County, ME
Significance: This wood and frame, rectangular, transitional Federal-Greek Revival residence was built for Henry Tallman, a prominent Bath lawyer and public office-holder. It has a balustraded colonnade on two ... More
Henry Tallman House, 982 High Street, Bath, Sagadahoc County, ME
Significance: This wood and frame, rectangular, transitional Federal-Greek Revival residence was built for Henry Tallman, a prominent Bath lawyer and public office-holder. It has a balustraded colonnade on two ... More
Hubbard Free Library, 115 Second Street, Hallowell, Kennebec County, M...
Significance: The Library is a notable example of the Victorian Gothic idiom of the 1870s, more especially since an ecclesiastical form is used for a civic structure. The original (1878-79) building in its exte... More
Hubbard Free Library, 115 Second Street, Hallowell, Kennebec County, M...
Significance: The Library is a notable example of the Victorian Gothic idiom of the 1870s, more especially since an ecclesiastical form is used for a civic structure. The original (1878-79) building in its exte... More
Owls Head Light (Rockland, Maine)
Print, possibly a postcard, showing a lighthouse on the cliff above men fishing from the rocky coast at Owls Head, Maine. Location inscribed in red ink.
Burnham Tavern, High Street, Machias, Washington County, ME
Suggested address, High Street, is not verifiable in documentation. Survey number: HABS ME-64 Building/structure dates: 1770 Initial Construction
Baker Island Light, Lightkeeper's House, Just east of Cranberry Isles,...
Significance: The first Baker Island Lighthouse began operation in 1828 with William Gilley as lightkeeper. With the election of a Whig president in 1848, Gilley was replaced, and by 1855 the light and the keep... More
Woodman Building, 140 Middle Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
Significance: Complete, well-preserved, and flamboyant facade. Survey number: HABS ME-136 Building/structure dates: 1867 Initial Construction
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Eastern Branch, Single ...
Survey number: HABS ME-228-S Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description