Keywords: State Motor Company (Portland, Me.)
Item 35045
State Motor Co. vehicles, Portland, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 35042
Service Department, State Motor Co., Portland, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
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.
Exhibit
At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
