Ripley
A century ago dozens of crossroads villages in rural Maine looked like Main Street in Ripley »Read More
Presque Isle
In the early 20th century, fraternal organizations played a more visible role in their communities than they do today. »Read More
Kennebunk
Kennebunk Village prospered in the 19th and early 20th centuries as a commercial and manufacturing center »Read More
Ellsworth
In the early 20th century, the gateway from the south to Ellsworth’s Main Street business district was this steel bridge »Read More
Wiscasset
The presence of the automobile was already being felt on Wiscasset’s Main Street when this picture was taken in the 1920s. »Read More
Stonington
Small frame commercial buildings run along the harbor side of Main Street, Stonington »Read More
Rome
The horse and buggy meets the automobile in this view of Main Street in Rome, population 440 in 1910. »Read More
Rockland
Main Street Rockland’s Victorian brick commercial buildings »Read More
Northeast Harbor
During the 1890s, Main Street developed as Northeast Harbor’s commercial center »Read More
Mars Hill
Two early 20th century business blocks sheathed in ornamental pressed tin dominate the main street of Mars Hill »Read More
Fort Fairfield
Fort Fairfield thrived in the early 20th century as a result of the boom in Aroostook County potato farming. »Read More
Farmington
As the shire town for Franklin County, Farmington has been a center for the courts, commerce, and education »Read More
Fairfield
The frame Victorian commercial blocks lining Fairfield’s Main Street in the 1920s »Read More
Mechanic Falls
Started as early as the 1850s, paper mills were the economic force which transformed Mechanic Falls »Read More
Lille
The twin towers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church dominate the center of this view of Main Street, Lille »Read More
Mexico
As paper mills were established at Rumford Falls in the 1890s, many workers and their families »Read More