Keywords: Soap
Item 104844
Boy building a soap box derby car, Portland, 1936
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 103839
Evening Express Soap Box Derby, Portland, 1936
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936-07-25 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
Cooks and Cookees: Lumber Camp Legends
Stories and tall tales abound concerning cooks and cookees -- important persons in any lumber camp, large or small.
Exhibit
In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland Press Herald title. He followed in 1925 with the purchase the Portland Evening Express, which allowed him to combine two passions: photography and aviation.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - In the Beginning - Raw Materials - Quarrying
"… processed into potash was for export to Britain's soap-making industry. Quarrying granite soon followed."
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 1 of 2
"Sadie bought big blocks of soap and sliced them with a knife. She then took the soap and dropped it in the tub to let it dissolve and make suds."
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
