Keywords: Commercial St. (Portland, Me.)
Item 5831
Grand Trunk Railroad Station, Portland, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 10360
E. Swasey & Company molasses jug, Portland, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Portland Media: Clay
Exhibit
Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation
… Telegram, "In the matter of planes Maine has one commercial filer whose experience qualifies him for consideration with the best pilots recognized…
Site Page
Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War
… the Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Railway depot on Commercial Street, there was a “dense mass of human beings, so much so that it was next to…
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
