The Things They Carry
Hikers honor fallen veterans at the summit of Maine’s tallest mountain.
History
What’s in a Picture
The town of Norway’s snowshoe biz caught on in the late 1800s, when craftsmen like Mellie Dunham and H.H. Hosmer set up small concerns.
The Fire and the Feast
Aficionado of all things historic, Scott Hanson does Thanksgiving in early-19th-century style.
From our Archives November 1985
From the article “Practice Makes Perfect” in our November 1985 issue. Photograph by Neal Parent.
From our Archives November 1977
From “King of the Occult” by Lois Lowry in our November 1977 issue.
What’s in a Picture
Twenty years ago, Limestone was briefly the biggest city in Maine and these festooned fellows were fairly characteristic of its citizenry.
From Our Archives
August 1956
From “Symbols of the Maine Coast — Herring Gulls” in our August 1956 issue.
From our Archives July 1994
From “Just Say Moo” by Virginia Thorndike in our July 1994 issue. It was not as easy to take these pictures as you might think.
What’s in a Picture
Auto-race enthusiasts cheer drivers zooming toward the Old Orchard Beach pier in one of the hundreds of American Automobile Association–sanctioned events.
Psych Out
When a shadowy Rockport estate became the world epicenter of psychics and psychedelics.
From our Archives June 1984
From “On Damariscotta Lake,” in the June 1984 issue. 33 years later, families still take to the water to fish, paddle, or simply splash with the kids.
From our Archives
May 1971
From “Machias River Log Drive,” in our May 1971 issue. A couple of months after this article was published, the Maine State Legislature passed a law to end log drives for good.
What’s in a Picture
A hundred years ago this month, the U.S. entered World War I. As young men left Maine for the front, women took key industrial jobs.