Keywords: Canadian City Hall
Item 18384
Dominican Block, Lewiston, ca. 1883
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection, University of Southern Maine Libraries Date: circa 1883 Location: Lewiston Media: Photographic print
Item 40457
Centennial parade, Portland, 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1920-07-05 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
From Sewers to Skylines: William S. Edwards's 1887 Photo Album
William S. Edwards (1830-1918) was a civil engineer who worked for the City of Portland from 1876-1906. Serving as First Assistant to Chief Engineer William A. Goodwin, then to Commissioner George N. Fernald, Edwards was a fixture in City Hall for 30 consecutive years, proving indispensable throughout the terms of 15 Mayors of Portland, including all six of those held by James Phineas Baxter. Edwards made significant contributions to Portland, was an outstanding mapmaker and planner, and his works continue to benefit historians.
Exhibit
In the early 1600s, French explorers and colonizers in the New World quickly adopted a Native American mode of transportation to get around during the harsh winter months: the snowshoe. Most Northern societies had some form of snowshoe, but the Native Americans turned it into a highly functional item. French settlers named snowshoes "raquettes" because they resembled the tennis racket then in use.
Site Page
Music in Maine - Community Music
"… me a Master Artist in traditional French Canadian dance, providing the chance to pass the French dance traditions down to numerous younger…"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad
"The Canadian Pacific discontinued use of electricity and switched to diesel. This substation on Munson Hill, pictured in1909, was 5 miles north of…"
Story
Jim Paquette - preserving his Franco-American and musical roots
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Lead singer of the iconic Black Hart Band shares insights of his life journey.
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down