Keywords: inspector
Item 148221
Fish Inspector's station and schooner, Union Wharf, Portland, 1887
Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-04-09 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 14515
Checking a Railroad Car Wheel Replacement, Derby, 1965
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: 1965 Location: Derby Media: Photographic print
Item 70669
Car Inspectors Building, Preble Street Yard, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Company Use: Car Inspectors Building
Item 97943
218-226 St. Johns Street (rear), Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: The Portland and Ogdensburg RR Use: Inspector's Building
Exhibit
Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.
Exhibit
George Henry Preble of Portland, nephew of Edward Preble who was known as the father of the U.S. Navy, temporarily lost his command during the Civil War when he was charged with failing to stop a Confederate ship from getting through the Union blockade at Mobile.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson
"She became a first maid inspector- do you want to hear a story about that? I was in the service and a friar came in from Charlestown media and saw us…"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Dairy Farms Memories - Page 2 of 2
"One was as a dairy farm inspector while my grandpa was in high school. Albert was old enough to help his father do the inspections once a month."
Story
From Chinese Laundress to Mother of the Year
by Dr. Andrea Louie
Toy Len Goon's granddaughter recounts her immigration to the US and becoming Mother of the Year.
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
