Keywords: Toy Len Goon
Item 10494
Toy Len Goon's cotton tunic ensemble, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Silk
Item 10368
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1952 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint
Exhibit
Toy Len Goon: Mother of the Year
Toy Len Goon of Portland, an immigrant from China, was a widow with six children when she was selected in 1952 as America's Mother of the Year.
Exhibit
These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - Fashions Far & Away
"… century group of garments brought to Maine by Toy Len Goon. It is anticipated that this currently and predominately Chinese selection will…"
Story
From Chinese Laundress to Mother of the Year
by Dr. Andrea Louie
Toy Len Goon's granddaughter recounts her immigration to the US and becoming Mother of the Year.
