Keywords: The Castle
Item 22469
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1822-07-02 Media: Ink on paper
Item 108771
View of Casco Castle from the park entrance, Freeport, 1904
Courtesy of David Emmith, an individual partner Date: 1904 Location: South Freeport Media: Photographic Print
Item 109961
Beckett's Castle, Cape Elizabeth, 1983
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1983 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Nancy B. Harvey Architect: Holmes A. Stockly; Stockly Associates
Item 110161
Atlerations to the Hotel Wentworth, New Castle, NH, 1910-1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910–1930 Location: New Castle Client: Hotel Wentworth Architect: John Calvin Stevens John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood
Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood examines the monumental destruction caused by the historic flood of 1936 through the comprehensive and innovative photojournalism done by the Guy Gannett Publishing Company in the weeks surrounding the flood.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Ice Castle in Presque Isle during Winter Carnival, 1937
"… Description This 1937 postcard pictures an ice castle in the town of Presque Isle built during the Presque Isle Winter Carnival."
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad
"Gould was not swayed. He arranged for start-up capital for the power plant at Aroostook Falls and raised $20,000 from the people of Presque Isle to…"
Story
Ogunquit Beach Sonnet
by Shannon Schooley
Sonnet written for school when I was 12 years old.
