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Keywords: Runways

Historical Items

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Item 16758

Presque Isle Airfield, 1937

Contributed by: Presque Isle Air Museum Date: 1937 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Item 16546

Northeast airplane at Portland Municipal Airport, Portland, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Portland Media: Postcard

Item 108922

Snowblower clearing the runway at the air base, Houlton, ca. 1944

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1944 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 54468

Assessor's Record, 238 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Maynard D. Hanson Use: Runway

Item 54513

Assessor's Record, 343-349 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Miles B. Mank Motor Car Company Use: Runway

Online Exhibits

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Fashion for the People: Maine's Graphic Tees

From their humble beginnings as undergarments to today's fashion runways, t-shirts have evolved into universally worn wardrobe staples. Original graphic t-shirts, graphic t-shirt quilts, and photographs trace the 102-year history of the garment, demonstrating how, through the act of wearing graphic tees, people own a part of history relating to politics, social justice, economics, and commemorative events in Maine.

Site Pages

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Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"The neighboring buildings were connected by runways and underwent repairs, and hospital administrators designated them as pavilions named after the…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… sand surface provided a landing strip and runway for the post war craze of flying. It was also an ideal landing spot for long distance Atlantic…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Wabanaki Fashion
by Decontie & Brown

Keeping the spirit and memories of our ancestors alive through fashion and creativity

Story

Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR