Keywords: balloon
Item 35308
Balloon ascension at Biddeford, 1909
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1909-10-16 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 11106
Houlton Fair balloon demonstration, 1914
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1914-08-25 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 39015
632-652 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Devisees of James Cunningham Use: Hotel
Exhibit
Northern Threads: The rise and fall of the gigot sleeve
A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring the balloon-like gigot sleeve of the 1830s.
Exhibit
Lillian Nordica: Farmington Diva
Lillian Norton, known as Nordica, was one of the best known sopranos in America and the world at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. She was a native of Farmington.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857
"… in Bangor to watch the ascension of a yellow silk balloon named "Young America." It was the first balloon ascension in Bangor."
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Balloon liftoff memorial, Presque Isle, 1981
"Balloon liftoff memorial, Presque Isle, 1981 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Governor Joseph Brennan signed the guest…"
