Keywords: 1930
Item 14272
1930 McCann Fire Engine, Bangor, 1930
Contributed by: Hose 5 Fire Museum Date: 1930 Location: Bangor Media: Fire Truck
Item 14273
Contributed by: Hose 5 Fire Museum Date: 1930 Location: Bangor Media: Metal, rubber
Item 99040
1930 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Riverton Realty Company Use: Canoe House
Item 98946
1930 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Devisees of Mary B. Lowell Use: Dwelling
Item 109782
Proposed Masonic Building, Winn, 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930 Location: Winn Client: Freemasons Architect: Coombs and Harriman Architects
Item 110070
Davis & Cartland Shoes on Middle St., Portland, 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930 Location: Portland Client: Davis & Cartland Architect: John P. Thomas
Exhibit
Silk Manufacturing in Westbrook
Cultivation of silkworms and manufacture of silk thread was touted as a new agricultural boon for Maine in the early 19th century. However, only small-scale silk production followed. In 1874, the Haskell Silk Co. of Westbrook changed that, importing raw silk, and producing silk machine twist threat, then fabrics, until its demise in 1930.
Exhibit
A Parade, an Airplane and Two Weddings
Two couples, a parade from downtown Caribou to the airfield, and two airplane flights were the scene in 1930 when the couples each took off in a single-engine plane to tie the knot high over Aroostook County.
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Lincoln, Maine - Logging truck, Lincoln, ca. 1930
"Logging truck, Lincoln, ca. 1930 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description These trucks would come across the frozen lake from…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930
"Outerwear 1900-1930 Astrakhan collared cape, ca. 1903Maine Historical Society The domestic industry’s now prolific silk fabric production made…"
Story
Orphanage on Revere Street
by anonymous
An orphanage operated by a Mrs. Oliver on 54 Revere Street in Portland, Maine in 1930.
Story
Redlining and the Jewish Communities in Maine
by David Freidenreich
Federal and state policies created unfair housing practices against immigrants, like redlining.