Courtesy of Matthew Jude Barker, an individual partner
Description
When Lawrence Newell (1846-1940) retired as a freight handler on the railroad, he became the janitor at the railroad offices at 468 Commercial Street, Portland, home to the Maine Central Railroad and the Portland Terminal Company.
Newell was a native of County Galway, Ireland. His granddaughter Frances Newell Gillan (1916-1996) remembered her grandmother Margaret Greaney Newell making a lunch or dinner for her husband Lawrence and then Frances and her siblings would run down over Clark Street hill and bring it to him at work. Their grandfather would let them run around the office and bang on the typewriters.
About This Item
- Title: Maine Central Railroad janitor Lawrence Newell, Portland, ca. 1920
- Creation Date: circa 1920
- Subject Date: circa 1920
-
Locations:
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- County Galway County, Ireland
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 10 cm x 13 cm
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Cleaning personnel--Maine--Portland
- Immigrants--Maine
- Janitors--Maine--Portland
- Maine Central Railroad Company
- Railroad employees--Maine--Portland
- Uniforms
People
Other Keywords
- Commercial Street
- Irish immigrants
- janitors
- Maine Central Railroad
- offices
- Portland Terminal Company
- railroad
The copyright and related rights status of this item have not been evaluated. Please contact the contributing repository for more information.
Please post your comment below to share with others. If you'd like to privately share a comment or correction with MMN staff, please send us a message with this link.
