Keywords: early business
Item 69896
Local businesses, Ogunquit, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Ogunquit Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 8435
Lumber business, early days of B.A.R., ca. 1893
Contributed by: Patten Lumbermen's Museum Date: circa 1893 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
Anshe Sfard, Portland's Early Chassidic Congregation
Chassidic Jews who came to Portland from Eastern Europe formed a congregation in the late 19th century and, in 1917, built a synagogue -- Anshe Sfard -- on Cumberland Avenue in Portland. By the early 1960s, the congregation was largely gone. The building was demolished in 1983.
Site Page
Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3
"BUSINESSES FRENCH & ELLIOTT COMPANY Kelsey Callins and Katie Scott 8th Grade Students, Piscataquis Community Middle School Images by: Guilford…"
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries
"… documented information is known about the early businesses and trades till after the island's incorporation in 1789, except that many were involved…"
Story
A Lifelong Romance with Retail
by George A Smith
Maine's once plentiful small retail stores.
Story
Spiros Droggitis: From Biddeford to Washington DC and back
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A Greek family's impact: from the iconic Wonderbar Restaurant to Washington DC
Lesson Plan
Becoming Maine: The District of Maine's Coastal Economy
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to the maritime economy of Maine prior to statehood and to the Coasting Law that impacted the separation debate. Students will examine primary documents, take part in an activity that will put the Coasting Law in the context of late 18th century – early 19th century New England, and learn about how the Embargo Act of 1807 affected Maine in the decades leading to statehood.
