Keywords: Signs
Item 81081
Road Signs, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1955
Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print
Item 81079
Road Signs after re-painting, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1955
Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1955 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print
Item 35597
876 Brighton Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Albert S Dresser Use: Dwelling - Two Family and Store
Item 52733
104-110 Free Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Lucy A Libby Use: Store
Item 151045
Architectural drawings signed by M.W.J. Freeman, Sebago, ca. 1923
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1923 Location: Sebago Client: unknown Architect: John P. Thomas
Item 151738
Home for aged women, Portland, 1900-1926
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900–1926 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
A Riot of Words: Ballads, Posters, Proclamations and Broadsides
Imagine a day 150 years ago. Looking down a side street, you see the buildings are covered with posters and signs.
Exhibit
Selections from the Collections
Maine Historical Society staff come across unique and unforgettable items in our collections every day. While it's difficult to choose favorites from a dynamic collection, this exhibit features memorable highlights as selected by members of the MHS staff.
Site Page
New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Welcome to New Portland!
"Welcome to New Portland! New Portland Town Sign X Welcome to New Portland! Here at our site, you can explore many different historical…"
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lillian Nordica, Farmington, ca. 1911
"… Library Description Lillian Nordic signed her photograph, "To the library, Lillian Nordica." The date is uncertain, but it is thought…"
Story
Appreciation sign for essential health care workers
by Henry J Gartley
A neighbor expresses their appreciation for the workers at a local nursing home.
Story
Black Lives Matter Protest Portland, Maine
by Joanne Arnold
Documenting the signage at Portland Police Station following the BLM Protests of June 2020
Lesson Plan
Why is Maine the Pine Tree State?
Grade Level: K-2
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will give students in early elementary grades a foundation for identifying the recognizable animals and natural resources of Maine. In this lesson, students will learn about and identify animals and plants significant to the state, and will identify what types of environments are best suited to different types of plant and animal life. Students will have the opportunity to put their own community wildlife into a large-scale perspective.
Lesson Plan
Longfellow Studies: The Elms - Stephen Longfellow's Gorham Farm
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
On April 3, 1761 Stephen Longfellow II signed the deed for the first 100 acre purchase of land that he would own in Gorham, Maine. His son Stephen III (Judge Longfellow) would build a home on that property which still stands to this day. Judge Longfellow would become one of the most prominent citizens in Gorhams history and one of the earliest influences on his grandson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's work as a poet.
This exhibit examines why the Longfellows arrived in Gorham, Judge Longfellow's role in the history of the town, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's vacations in the country which may have influenced his greatest work, and the remains of the Longfellow estate still standing in Gorham today.
