Keywords: Grand Trunk Station
Item 11518
Grand Trunk Station, Portland, 1938
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1938-08-13 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 12509
Grand Trunk Station, Grain Elevator, Portland, 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 53355
84-184 Fore Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Canadian National Railroad Use: Railroad - Station
Item 111337
Grand Truck Railway Terminal, Portland, 1910
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
Black soldiers served in Maine during World War II, assigned in small numbers throughout the state to guard Grand Trunk rail lines from a possible German attack. The soldiers, who lived in railroad cars near their posts often interacted with local residents.
Exhibit
The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (NFBPWC) held their seventh annual convention in Portland during July 12 to July 18, 1925. Over 2,000 working women from around the country visited the city.
Site Page
"… arrived over the weekend by train at the Grand Trunk Station on India Street. The convention was held at Portland City Hall (Merrill Auditorium)…"
Site Page
"… The centennial committee organized a series of grand activities including an exposition, several parades, a music festival, visiting dignitaries…"
Story
Peter Spanos fled the genocide in Turkey to Maine
by anonymous
Peter Spanos fled the Greek genocide in Smyrna in 1922, coming to Maine to work as a fruit peddler
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
