Keywords: Air meet
Item 73622
Air Meet, Old Orchard, ca. 1924
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1924 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Glass Negative
Item 73703
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1924 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
Harry Lyon: An Old Sea Dog Takes to the Air
Through a chance meeting, Harry Lyon of Paris Hill became the navigator on the 1928 flight of the Southern Cross, the first trans-Pacific flight. His skill as a navigator, despite his lack of experience, was a key factor on the flight's success.
Exhibit
Success at riding a bike mirrored success in life. Bicycling could bring families together. Bicycling was good for one's health. Bicycling was fun. Bicycles could go fast. Such were some of the arguments made to induce many thousands of people around Maine and the nation to take up the new pastime at the end of the nineteenth century.
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention
"… Square Hotel before moving on to several days of meetings and activities at Poland Springs. The fanfare and stellar national attendance for the…"
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Robert A. Frost Memorial Library
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Story
Welcome home Sgt. Cunningham
by Donald C Cunningham
It was great to be back in Maine.
Story
Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne
Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII
