Customer Service: Overview
Who We Are
Vintage Maine Images is a project of the Maine Historical Society, in conjunction with over 200 collecting organizations in Northern New England. This website offers thousands of historical images relating to farming, fishing, coastal living, lighthouses, sailing, and many other topics. You can browse our ready-made collections, or search by keyword.
What's on the site?
Over 200 collecting organizations, many in rural communities, upload high resolution scans to this website from their own locations. Your purchases help generate income to preserve local history.
All images can be securely purchased as digital files for publication, or as prints suitable for framing or personal use. More information about our digital files and prints.
The Maine Historical Society and our Contributing Partners have vast archives of photographs, architectural and engineering drawings, paintings, museum items, broadsides, manuscripts, and other historical materials.
Items in the MHS collections in stable condition can be reproduced for your use. More information about our research services. For a free quote, please call (207) 774-1822 x 217 or email info@VintageMaineImages.com.
Secure Purchasing
This site uses industry-standard SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption to protect your information in transit from your machine to our servers. Look for the secure icon on the status bar of your browser during checkout.
VMI accepts MasterCard, Visa, American Express, and Discover. Credit Card processing and protection provided by Authorize.net If you wish to pay by check, please contact us to place your order.
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Maine Historical Society
Vintage Maine Images grew out of Maine Historical Society's online museum, the Maine Memory Network as a way to increase revenue for the region's historical societies, libraries, archives, and museums. Both websites utilize the same content, database, and servers.
The mission of the Maine Historical Society is to promote the understanding and enjoyment of Maine history. To carry out this mission, the Society collects, preserves, and exhibits important historical resources and treasures; facilitates research into family, local, regional, and national history; and provides educational opportunities that engage the public and make history accessible and meaningful. Visit us online at www.mainehistory.org.
Contributing Partners
Our contributing partners are located all around the State of Maine -- from Fort Kent to Eliot. They are made up of historical societies, public and private libraries, archives, and museums. Partners have contributed images of a wide variety of historical items including photographs, letters, maps, journals, artifacts, and ephemera. See a list of our Contributing Partners.
Are These Images Available for Educational Use?
An educational version of the content on this website is available at the Maine Memory Network (www.MaineMemory.net), Maine's statewide Museum, Archive, and Educational Resource.
Contact us if you wish to use images from this site in your curriculum.