Keywords: Miss Portland
Item 73303
Granville R. Lee and Miss Portland, Deering Oaks, 1924
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1924-08-30 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 14193
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 32380
Assessor's Record, 33-35 Arcadia Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Joseph Bean Use: Garage
Item 148195
Assessor's Record, 600-604 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Schwartz David & Sons, Inc. Use: Stores & Offices
Item 116285
Miss Marcia I. Taylor block, Portland, 1922-1940
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1922–1940 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Marica I. Taylor Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Item 109984
House for Miss. J.A. Leighton, Bedford St., Portland, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Client: J. A. Leighton Architect: Frederick A. Tompson
Exhibit
Westbrook Seminary: Educating Women
Westbrook Seminary, built on Stevens Plain in 1831, was founded to educate young men and young women. Seminaries traditionally were a form of advanced secondary education. Westbrook Seminary served an important function in admitting women students, for whom education was less available in the early and mid nineteenth century.
Exhibit
Remembering Mellie Dunham: Snowshoe Maker and Fiddler
Alanson Mellen "Mellie" Dunham and his wife Emma "Gram" Dunham were well-known musicians throughout Maine and the nation in the early decades of the 20th century. Mellie Dunham also received fame as a snowshoe maker.
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation
"Miss Grayson landed in Maine to much fanfare and excitement. Poor weather hampered her attempts to make the flight from Maine; during the first…"
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2
"… police subsequently discovered that Kirby was the missing murderer of Lillian White of Brooklyn, NY."
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
Story
Pandemic Blues
by Darlene Reardon
Covid 19 Portland poem