Keywords: alden's
Item 98528
Civil War Letter, Alden D.Chase, Belfast, 1861
Contributed by: Belfast Historical Society Date: 1861 Location: Belfast Media: Ink on paper
Item 13786
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1891-07-04 Media: Photographic print
Item 62600
15 Mechanic Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Alden Small Use: Dwelling - Two family
Item 76681
804 Stevens Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Nellie V. Alden Use: Dwelling - Single family
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
Exhibit
Longfellow: The Man Who Invented America
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a man and a poet of New England conscience. He was influenced by his ancestry and his Portland boyhood home and experience.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Plan of Alden Merry's house, Brownville Junction, 1893
"… Plan of Alden Merry's house, Brownville Junction, 1893 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John…"
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor
"Mary Alden Hopkins Mary Alden Hopkins was born and raised in Bangor, Maine in 1876. She was a suffragette who strongly believed in women’s rights."
