Search Results

Keywords: Atlantic crossing

Historical Items

View All Showing 2 of 21 Showing 3 of 21

Item 20680

'Yellow Bird' and 'Green Flash,' Old Orchard Beach, 1929

Contributed by: Old Orchard Beach Historical Society Date: 1929-06-02 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

Item 28742

Locke's Cove, Kittery, Atlantic Shore Line Railway, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Kittery Media: Postcard

Item 20341

Aurania, Cunard Line, ca. 1900

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

View All Showing 2 of 22 Showing 3 of 22

Exhibit

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Exhibit

History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways

Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.

Exhibit

Popham Colony

George Popham and a group of fellow Englishmen arrived at the mouth of the Kennebec River, hoping to trade with Native Americans, find gold and other valuable minerals, and discover a Northwest passage. In 18 months, the fledgling colony was gone.

Site Pages

View All Showing 2 of 11 Showing 3 of 11

Site Page

Presque Isle: The Star City - Maxie Anderson, Presque Isle, 1981

"… balloon Double Eagle II in which he crossed the Atlantic in 1978. This item is in copyright. Rights and reproductions for all UPI (United Press…"

Site Page

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"… the land northeast of Passamaquoddy Bay, from the Atlantic coast to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and used Champlain’s Saint Croix River as a western…"

Site Page

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… demolition derbies, horse shows, and even a trans-Atlantic balloon race. Three auditorium buildings have stood upon this land functioning as huge…"

My Maine Stories

View All Showing 2 of 4 Showing 3 of 4

Story

A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner

With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.

Story

An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania

Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021

Story

John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.