Keywords: Cumberland St
Item 31016
Contributed by: Cumberland Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Cumberland Media: Stereograph
Item 29978
Greely Institute, Main Street, Cumberland, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Cumberland Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Cumberland Media: Photographic print
Item 76730
35 St. James Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Joseph Brenner Use: Storage
Item 97131
449-451 St. John Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Eva F. Booth Use: Dwelling
Item 116606
Cumberland County Courthouse, Portland, 1917-1947
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917–1947 Location: Portland; Portland; Portland Client: Cumberland County Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Item 110185
Cumberland Club alterations, Portland, 1906-1929
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1906–1929 Location: Portland Client: Cumberland Club Architect: John Calvin Stevens John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.
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.
Site Page
Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth
"Sweetser, Phyllis Sturdivant. Cumberland, Maine in four centuries. Cumberland, Maine: Town of Cumberland, 1976. Text by Thomas C. Bennett"
Site Page
Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland
"Tuttle Road was extended by 1794 to Cumberland's meetinghouse in present day Cumberland Center, where Elijah Tuttle and others lived in this corner…"
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
Story
ROCK AND ROLL CONCERTS OF SOUTHERN MAINE
by Ford Reiche
A story about Rock and Roll in Maine, 1955-1977
Lesson Plan
Portland History: "My Lost Youth" - Longfellow's Portland, Then and Now
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow loved his boyhood home of Portland, Maine. Born on Fore Street, the family moved to his maternal grandparents' home on Congress Street when Henry was eight months old. While he would go on to Bowdoin College and travel extensively abroad, ultimately living most of his adult years in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he never forgot his beloved Portland.
Years after his childhood, in 1855, he wrote "My Lost Youth" about his undiminished love for and memories of growing up in Portland. This exhibit, using the poem as its focus, will present the Portland of Longfellow's boyhood. In many cases the old photos will be followed by contemporary images of what that site looked like 2004.
Following the exhibit of 68 slides are five suggested lessons that can be adapted for any grade level, 3–12.
