Keywords: carriers
Item 18343
Portland letter carriers, December 1926
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 78867
Sardine Carriers, Mount Desert Island, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Mount Desert Island Media: Photographic print
Item 37487
Assessor's Record, 2-40 West Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Gas Light Co. Use: Peck Carrier Bridge
Exhibit
Success at riding a bike mirrored success in life. Bicycling could bring families together. Bicycling was good for one's health. Bicycling was fun. Bicycles could go fast. Such were some of the arguments made to induce many thousands of people around Maine and the nation to take up the new pastime at the end of the nineteenth century.
Exhibit
Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island
Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses
"… for the compensation of the postmaster and mail carrier The pay was so small that great difficulty was experienced in getting a mail carrier and it…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Nature's Bounty - Raw Material, Close at Hand
"1890Hubbard Free Library The wagon-like carriers were called "galamanders," and were usually pulled by 8 to 10 teams of horses or oxen."
Story
Lloyd LaFountain III family legacy and creating own path
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Lloyd followed in his family’s footsteps of serving Biddeford and the State of Maine.
Story
Dr. Norman Beaupré: Preserving his Franco-American culture
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Journey growing up as a Franco-American in Biddeford to his career as a professor and author.
