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Keywords: South Portland
Historical Items Showing 3 of 350 View All
Item 15294
Title: Portland and South Portland, 1923
Contributed by: South Portland Public Library
Date: 1923
Location: Portland
Media: Black and white photograph
Item 21638
Title: South Portland Heights School, 1960
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1960-02-04
Location: South Portland
Media: Photograph
Item 21648
Title: Cheerleaders, South Portland, ca. 1965
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1965
Location: South Portland
Media: Photograph
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Item 71130
Address: 48 Western Promenade (south side), Portland
Owner in 1924: Helen Rosenberg
Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 71131
Address: 50 Western Promenade (rear south side), Portland
Owner in 1924: Helen Rosenberg
Use: Garage
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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.
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Sylvan Site: A Model Development
Frederick Wheeler Hinckley, a Portland lawyer and politician, had grand visions of a 200-home development when he began the Sylvan Site in South Portland in 1917. The stock market crash in 1929 put a halt to his plans, but by then he had built 37, no two of which were alike.
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At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.
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South Portland Historical Society
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag
The history of a 350+-year-old city south of Portland, the Scarborough site was constructed by representatives from Scarborough Historical Society, Scarborough Middle School, and Scarborough Public Library. Exhibits include the marsh, transportation and roads, shipyards and shipwrecks, clamming and lobstering, famous residents, and education.