Keywords: Portland Used Car Company
Item 51065
Construction car, Portland, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 50712
Portland Railroad Company's crane car #1000, Portland, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 58048
100-102 High Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Eleanor K. Owen Use: Garage, public
Item 98953
1929-2013 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Riverton Realty Company Use: Amusement
Exhibit
Many different types of trolley cars -- for different weather, different uses, and different locations -- were in use in Maine between 1895-1940. The "field guide" explains what each type looked like and how it was used.
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.
Site Page
New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - East New Portland Village
"… in livestock, and a few years later a used car dealer. A post office was an important addition to the town. The earliest date found was 1830."
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4
"Other companies processed and distributed milk, cream, and butter, and the surplus milk was used to make cheese."
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
