Maine Memory Network

Coffee Shop at Eastern Maine General Hospital in 1952

Contributed by: Eastern Maine Medical Center Date: 1952 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Toy Len Goon, American Mother of the Year, New York, 1952

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1952-05-10 Location: Portland; New York Media: Photoprint

1930 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Devisees of Mary B. Lowell Use: Dwelling

Theatre Sketches, 1952

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1952 Client: unknown Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Sincock School, Caribou, 1952

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1952 Location: Caribou Client: Town of Caribou Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Toy Len Goon: Mother of the Year

Toy Len Goon of Portland, an immigrant from China, was a widow with six children when she was selected in 1952 as America's Mother of the Year.

Chinese in Maine

In 1857, when Daniel Cough left Amoy Island, China, as a stowaway on a sailing ship from Mt. Desert Island he was on his way into history as the first Chinese person to make his home in Maine. He was soon followed by a cigar maker and a tea merchant who settled in Portland and then by many more Chinese men who spread all over Maine working mostly as laundrymen.

Historic Hallowell - Areas where blizzard of 1952 hit Maine

"Areas where blizzard of 1952 hit Maine Areas where the blizzard of 1952 hit Maine X By David Mallow"

Historic Hallowell - Affects of the Blizzard of 1952

"Affects of the Blizzard of 1952 The blizzard of ’52 affected Hallowell in two ways. One way was physically, and the other was emotionally."

From Chinese Laundress to Mother of the Year
by Dr. Andrea Louie

Toy Len Goon's granddaughter recounts her immigration to the US and becoming Mother of the Year.

Tracers
by anonymous

tracers, bonding, and fixations