Keywords: Terminal Supplies
Item 16743
Northeast Airlines DC-3, Presque Isle, ca. 1945
Contributed by: Presque Isle Air Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Item 14774
Navy plea for binoculars, 1917
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917 Media: Ink on paper, poster
Item 37399
469-471 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Mary Watts Use: Dwelling & Store
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
Maine Streets: The Postcard View
Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Holiday Events
"… 1960-1980s there were lobster bakes at the ferry terminal as part of the Fourth of July celebrations."
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
