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Historical Items (4790)  |  Tax Records (12701)  |  Exhibits (41)  |  Sites (11)  | 

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Item 4148

Title: Advertising card, Portland Packing Co.

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Location: Portland

Media:

Item 88

Title: Portland Eskimos player, ca. 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media

Date: circa 1926

Location: Portland

Media: Black and white photograph, glass negative

Item 11965

Title: Portland map, 1773

Contributed by: City of Portland Dept. of Public Works

Date: 1773

Location: Portland

Media: Ink on paper, map

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Item 52868

Address: 90-96 Free Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Elks Home, Portland, Maine

Use: Club House

Item 38578

Address: 485 Congress Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Maine Historical Society

Use: Office

Item 52981

Address: 2-82 Fore Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Portland Company

Use: Foundry

Exhibits Showing 3 of 41 View All

Exhibit

Shaylor's 'Compendium of Penmanship,' ca. 1900

Horace W. Shaylor: Portland Penman

Horace W. Shaylor, a native of Ohio, settled in Portland and turned his focus to handwriting, developing several unique books of handwriting instruction. He also was a talented artist.

Exhibit

Nameplate from the S.S. Lillian Nordica

South Portland's Wartime Shipbuilding

Two shipyards in South Portland, built quickly in 1941 to construct cargo ships for the British and Americans, produced nearly 270 ships in two and a half years. Many of those vessels bore the names of notable Mainers.

Exhibit

John Poor, Portland, ca. 1860

J.A. Poor and the Portland-Montreal Connection

John A. Poor's determination in 1845 to bring rail service to Maine and to make Portland the winter port for Montreal, along with the steel foundry he started to build locomotives and many other products, helped boost the economy of Portland the state.

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Site

Bridge Under Construction at East New Portland November 29th, 1923

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

A multi-village history of this western Maine town as created by students and teachers from MSAD #74, the New Portland Community Library, and the New Portland Historical Society. Exhibits are divided into sections examining North New Portland Village, East New Portland Village, and West New Portland Village.

Site

Portland Water District Douglass Street Facility, Portland, ca. 1928

Portland Water District

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Site

Tate House, Portland, ca. 1970

Greater Portland Landmarks

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