Keywords: J. Black
Item 6604
'Woodlawn' Home of George Nixon Black, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Ellsworth Media: Photographic print
Item 19398
Request to transfer Grange property, Surry, 1990
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1990 Location: Surry Media: Ink on paper
Item 36679
117-123 Center Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: J.B. Brown & Sons Use: Stores & Metal Shop
Item 52768
109 Center Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Charles J. Bailey et als Use: Store & Tin Shop
Exhibit
A Convenient Soldier: The Black Guards of Maine
The Black Guards were African American Army soldiers, members of the segregated Second Battalion of the 366th Infantry sent to guard the railways of Maine during World War II, from 1941 to 1945. The purpose of the Black Guards' deployment to Maine was to prevent terrorist attacks along the railways, and to keep Maine citizens safe during the war.
Exhibit
Silk Manufacturing in Westbrook
Cultivation of silkworms and manufacture of silk thread was touted as a new agricultural boon for Maine in the early 19th century. However, only small-scale silk production followed. In 1874, the Haskell Silk Co. of Westbrook changed that, importing raw silk, and producing silk machine twist threat, then fabrics, until its demise in 1930.
Site Page
"Surry's Centennial Souvenir, 1903. Varney, George J. Gazetteer of State of Maine, Boston: B.B. Russell, 1882."
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century
"In that same Centennial Souvenir, Rev. J.D. McGraw wrote, “In the town of Surry we have not a single rum shop."
Story
Where are the French?
by Rhea Côté Robbins
Franco-Americans in Maine
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
