Where West Forks Keeps Its Memory
Where West Forks Keeps Its Memory The Story of West Forks Cemetery, the Families Beneath the Pines & a Town Remembered in Stone On a quiet rise above the Dead River, generations of West Forks…
The Durgin Family in One Remarkable Portrait
The Durgin Family in One Remarkable Portrait Frank Durgin, Bridget Kennedy & five children captured together in an early Maine family photograph Old family portraits do more than preserve faces. When the people are identified,…
A Crowded Counter Somewhere in Maine
A Crowded Counter Somewhere in Maine An unidentified gathering that preserves the atmosphere of a small-town café, lunch counter, or community stop Sometimes a photograph survives without a single name or place attached to it—and…
At the Old Green Bridge
At the Old Green Bridge Working Dogs, Winter Roads & a Vanished West Forks Landmark Some photographs capture grand events. Others preserve something just as meaningful: an ordinary moment in a place that meant everything…
A Woman from an Earlier Maine
A Woman from an Earlier Maine An unidentified portrait from the Durgin Hill archives Some of the most compelling photographs in a family archive are the ones that leave us with more questions than answers.…
A 1919 Deer Shipping License
A 1919 Deer Shipping License A small piece of paper that opens a window into hunting, conservation & everyday life in the Maine woods Sometimes a century of local history survives on a piece of…
A Child of an Earlier Maine
A Child of an Earlier Maine An Unnamed Family Portrait from the Durgin Hill Archives Some photographs preserve a name. Others preserve something just as valuable: a moment. This studio portrait shows a young child…