Keywords: Black American
Item 29285
Cpl. Herbert Windom, North Yarmouth, 1942
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print
Item 29286
Soldiers, North Yarmouth, 1942
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942-07-04 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Black soldiers served in Maine during World War II, assigned in small numbers throughout the state to guard Grand Trunk rail lines from a possible German attack. The soldiers, who lived in railroad cars near their posts often interacted with local residents.
Exhibit
These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property
… Phebe in Her Old Age Phebe wears a black coat in the only photograph we have of her.Item Contributed bySurry Historical Society Resources…
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront
… the treasurer of the Portland Fish Co., Arthur Black was in Washington D.C. with a delegation to plead for aid for the fishing industry.
Story
Black Is Beautiful
by Judi Jones
Gut wrenching fear
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
