Keywords: Portland, Maine
Item 4148
Advertising card, Portland Packing Co., ca. 1870
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1867 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 104722
Five Deering High School basketball players huddling around camera, Portland, 1936
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936-12-17 Location: Portland Media: glass negative
Item 82915
8th Maine Regimental Assoc. property, S. Side 8th Maine Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: 8th Maine Regimental Assoc. Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 82922
Clough property, 8th Maine Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Mary D. Clough Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 110000
Workshop for Maine School for the Blind, Portland, 1908
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1908 Location: Portland Client: Maine School for the Blind Architect: Frederick A. Tompson
Item 110128
Candelabrum Maine Savings Bank, Portland, 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1925 Location: Portland Client: Maine Savings Bank Architect: John P. Thomas
Exhibit
Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland
The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.
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
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection
"The Eastern Argus, which was founded in 1803, folded in January of 1921. The remaining papers were The Portland Daily Press, a paper owned by Senator…"
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation
"… as noted in the January 1st, 1928 edition of the Portland Sunday Telegram, "In the matter of planes Maine has one commercial filer whose experience…"
Story
Black Lives Matter Protest Portland, Maine
by Joanne Arnold
Documenting the signage at Portland Police Station following the BLM Protests of June 2020
Story
Portland Bars: Carlo's and Boothby Square
by anonymous
Carlo Giobbi on his family's Portland Bars: Carlo's and Boothby Square
Lesson Plan
Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride Companion Curriculum
Grade Level: 3-5, 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
These lesson plans were developed by Maine Historical Society for the Seashore Trolley Museum as a companion curriculum for the historical fiction YA novel "Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride" by Jean. M. Flahive (2019). The novel tells the story of Millie Thayer, a young girl who dreams of leaving the family farm, working in the city, and fighting for women's suffrage. Millie's life begins to change when a "flying carpet" shows up in the form of an electric trolley that cuts across her farm and when a fortune-teller predicts that Millie's path will cross that of someone famous. Suddenly, Millie finds herself caught up in events that shake the nation, Maine, and her family. The lesson plans in this companion curriculum explore a variety of topics including the history of the trolley use in early 20th century Maine, farm and rural life at the turn of the century, the story of Theodore Roosevelt and his relationship with Maine, WWI, and the flu pandemic of 1918-1920.
Lesson Plan
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary
Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
This lesson presents an overview of the history of the fur trade in Maine with a focus on the 17th and 18th centuries, on how fashion influenced that trade, and how that trade impacted Indigenous peoples and the environment.
