Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

""Man on the Street" Street scene, Monument Square, Portland, ca. 1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media The Portland Evening Express…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"In 1807 the Embargo Act was passed by Congress, forbidding all international trade to and from American ports; with this, President Thomas Jefferson…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Throughout the nineteenth century, as the lowest of these areas were filled in and Commercial Street was added to the east of Front Street, the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… 2000 when it moved to its present location on Congress Avenue. After the clinic moved, the station stayed vacant for seven years."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"… by train at the Grand Trunk Station on India Street. The convention was held at Portland City Hall (Merrill Auditorium), and officially began on…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"… politics, and people from the typical "man on the street," to the Governor of the state. Photography and photo journalism became a major focus for…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The House, 1786-1960

"… evolution of the Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Congress Street, as Back Street came to be called, from 1786 to around 1960."

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… on the intersection of Congress and State Street (681 Congress) for the venture. On December 12, 1918, the anniversary of the founding of the…"

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"In 1918 and again in 1922 the Congress passed child labor laws, but the Supreme Court denied both. In 1924 Congress presented an amendment to the…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland

"… Wadsworth built his house in 1785, what is now Congress Street in Portland was on the rural outskirts of the community known as Falmouth."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 2 of 3

"Stanley, 511½ Congress Street, Portland, Maine," features a mid-1890s balloon-sleeved blouse of red figured dress silk, the silk type now affordable…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"… Street and Commodore Edward Preble’s house at Congress and Preble Streets prior to its expansion into a hotel in 1859."

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Researching Your Home

"335 Congress Street, Portland, 1924City of Portland - Planning & Development We invite you to explore the history of your home and neighborhood, to…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"… had become a secondary business district to the Congress Street business area and had spurred the growth of a collection of multi-storied tenement…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Streetscape, 1790-1930

"It had a gable roof and possibly had a center chimney. The house was moved about 1826 to 39 Brown Street, around the corner."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… a successful captain and shipbuilder elected to Congress in 1836, later a presidential elector and candidate for governor of Maine."

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… on Milk Street (1895), the Masonic Temple on Congress Street (1912), the Exposition Building on Park Avenue (1914), and the Rich Building (1892)…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… Act imposed on all American vessels in 1807 by Congress. The Act was an attempt to stop foreign exports and imports, intended to punish the British…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"He would be elected to Congress in 1868 and spend the rest of his life in Washington, D.C. When war broke out between the states in 1861, the first…"

First Parish in Portland

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"… received its charter through an act of the US Congress. It was founded by Justus H. Rathbone, who had been inspired by a play by the Irish poet…"

Maine Historical Society

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"Located on the corner of today's Congress and Hampshire streets, the tavern served as courtroom and a meeting place for rebels."

Rumford Area Historical Society

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