Keywords: 50s
Item 105866
Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: 1957-08-27 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 13920
View of Waldo-Hancock Bridge, 1936
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1936 Location: Prospect; Verona Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
The Waldo-Hancock Bridge is in the process of being dismantled after over 70 years of service. The Maine State Archives has a number of records related to the history of this famous bridge that are presented in this exhibition.
Exhibit
From French Canadians to Franco-Americans
French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.
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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2
"Later in the 1940s and 50s, the waterfront was used by people along Water Street and a lumber company."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 2 of 4
"… message T-shirts, but as of yet, no roll hemmed '50s jeans, or much in the area of 1950s teen clothing."
Story
Float like a water lily
by Nancy R.
Learning to swim on Wilson Pond in Wayne, and synchronized swimming in college.
Story
Portland Bars: Carlo's and Boothby Square
by anonymous
Carlo Giobbi on his family's Portland Bars: Carlo's and Boothby Square
