Keywords: Portland Flying Service
Item 103889
Portland Flying Service, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1930 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 29351
Portland Flying Service, Scarborough, ca. 1946
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1946 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Memorializing Civil War Veterans: Portland & Westbrook
Three cemeteries -- all of which were in Westbrook during the Civil War -- contain headstones of Civil War soldiers. The inscriptions and embellishments on the stones offer insight into sentiments of the eras when the soldiers died.
Exhibit
In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland Press Herald title. He followed in 1925 with the purchase the Portland Evening Express, which allowed him to combine two passions: photography and aviation.
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection
"… Guy Gannett purchased a Stinson monoplane to fly reporters and photographers to assignments, and give them a fresh perspective on the news."
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation
"… strip and runway for the post war craze of flying. It was also an ideal landing spot for long distance Atlantic flights, there was no need for the…"
Story
August 12, 1967 was the most significant day of my life
by Bob Small
How the Vietnam war affected my life
Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
Lesson Plan
Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride Companion Curriculum
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
These lesson plans were developed by Maine Historical Society for the Seashore Trolley Museum as a companion curriculum for the historical fiction YA novel "Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride" by Jean. M. Flahive (2019). The novel tells the story of Millie Thayer, a young girl who dreams of leaving the family farm, working in the city, and fighting for women's suffrage. Millie's life begins to change when a "flying carpet" shows up in the form of an electric trolley that cuts across her farm and when a fortune-teller predicts that Millie's path will cross that of someone famous. Suddenly, Millie finds herself caught up in events that shake the nation, Maine, and her family. The lesson plans in this companion curriculum explore a variety of topics including the history of the trolley use in early 20th century Maine, farm and rural life at the turn of the century, the story of Theodore Roosevelt and his relationship with Maine, WWI, and the flu pandemic of 1918-1920.
