Keywords: Early flight
Item 21552
'The Roma' ready for flight, Old Orchard Beach, 1928
Contributed by: Old Orchard Beach Historical Society Date: 1928 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print
Item 21553
'The Roma,' Old Orchard Beach, 1928
Contributed by: Old Orchard Beach Historical Society Date: 1928 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Following his historic flight across the Atlantic in May 1927, aviator Charles Lindbergh commenced a tour across America, greeted by cheering crowds at every stop. He was a day late for his speaking engagement in Portland, due to foggy conditions. Elise Fellows White wrote in her diary about seeing Lindbergh and his plane.
Exhibit
A Brief History of Colby College
Colby originated in 1813 as Maine Literary and Theological Institution and is now a small private liberal arts college of about 1,800 students. A timeline of the history and development of Colby College from 1813 until the present.
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation
"These frequent visits offered Gannett's Maine audience a steady stream of coverage on the topic. Captain Harry M. Jones Pilot Harry M. Jones, WWI…"
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War
"… the result of military and civilian deaths, the flight of men avoiding the draft, and the emigration of young people in search of new opportunities…"
Story
Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR
