Keywords: Cushing Island
Item 17392
Ottawa House, Cushing Island, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 105419
12-inch disappearing gun, Cushing Island, 1930
Courtesy of Tom Richards, an individual partner Date: 1930 Location: Cushing Island Media: Photographic Print
Item 86776
Cushing property, N. Side Island Avenue and Cushing Street, Long Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Charles E. Cushing Use: Dwelling
Item 86784
Cushing property, N. Side Island Avenue and Cushing Street, Long Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Charles E. Cushing Use: Dwelling For Help
Item 111547
House for C. Cushing on Cushing Island, Portland, 1896
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1896 Location: Portland Client: C. Cushing Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Item 111550
House for Thomas Cushing on Cushing Island, Portland, ca. 1896
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1896 Location: Portland Client: Thomas Cushing Architect: John Calvin Stevens
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
Colonial Cartography: The Plymouth Company Maps
The Plymouth Company (1749-1816) managed one of the very early land grants in Maine along the Kennebec River. The maps from the Plymouth Company's collection of records constitute some of the earliest cartographic works of colonial America.
Site Page
"… township into lots of 100 acres each – Solomon Cushing initiated the survey 1792 • Hopley Yeaton given command of the new Revenue Service frigate…"
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century
"As Cush Lane noted, when he was a child, it took two days to reach Surry from Boston. His family used to travel in a Model T Ford on the dirt road…"
Story
Portland cuisine supports health in West Africa
by Maria Cushing
I present Portuguese inspired food to fundraise for Amigos de Mente
