Keywords: Black House
Item 16304
Black Hawk Tavern, Houlton, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 66454
The Black House, Ellsworth, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Ellsworth Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 88190
Black property, E. Side Island Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Hulda M. Black Use: Hospital
Item 90018
Black property, N. Shore, Sunset Road, Cliff Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Norman I. Black Use: Boat House
Exhibit
A Convenient Soldier: The Black Guards of Maine
The Black Guards were African American Army soldiers, members of the segregated Second Battalion of the 366th Infantry sent to guard the railways of Maine during World War II, from 1941 to 1945. The purpose of the Black Guards' deployment to Maine was to prevent terrorist attacks along the railways, and to keep Maine citizens safe during the war.
Exhibit
Mural mystery in Westport Island's Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House
The Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House, a well-preserved Greek Revival house on Westport Island, has a mystery contained within--a panoramic narrative mural. The floor-to-ceiling mural contains eight painted panels that create a colorful coastal seascape which extends through the front hallway and up the stairwell. The name of the itinerant painter has been lost over time, can you help us solve the mystery of who he or she was?
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement
"… in 1829, through the influence of Colonel John Black, who had been the leader in the 1809 changes, the Surry territory was re-annexed where it…"
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.Surry Historical Society Resources Surry Town Records…"
Story
In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood
An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.
Story
Quinton "Skip" Wilson: different aspects of "standing out"
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Recollections of life as Biddeford's only student of color during the 1960-70s
