Keywords: Wagon Bridge
Item 26437
Contributed by: Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: circa 1895 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic print
Item 16791
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative
Exhibit
Washington County Through Eastern's Eye
Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Exhibit
Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.
Site Page
New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future
"The Wire Bridge is a physical landmark, but the real appeal of this town is the people, past and present, that define the spirit of this rural Maine…"
Site Page
New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village
"… grist mill, salt box factory, starch factory, wagon shop, novelty mill, carding factory, dye house, fulling mill, clover mill, and shovel handle…"
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
