Search Results

Keywords: cheney

Historical Items

View All Showing 2 of 20 Showing 3 of 20

Item 16505

Weeks and Cheney Store, Main Street, Springvale, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 75462

Cheney Barber Shop, Lubec, 1975, 1975

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1975 Location: Lubec Media: Kodachrome slide

Item 84831

Lightkeeper Hoyt Cheney, West Quoddy Head, ca.1945, ca. 1945

Contributed by: West Quoddy Head Light Keepers Association Date: circa 1945 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

View All Showing 2 of 8 Showing 3 of 8

Item 35185

554 Brighton Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Harold T Cheney Style: Vernacular Victorian Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 32708

Assessor's Record, 166 Bolton Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Chase E Cheney Use: Garage

Item 72674

100 Revere Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Chase E. Cheney Use: Dwelling - Two family

Online Exhibits

View All Showing 2 of 3 Showing 3 of 3

Exhibit

A Tour of Sanford in 1900

This collection of images portrays many buildings in Sanford and Springvale. The images were taken around the turn of the twentieth century.

Exhibit

Silk Manufacturing in Westbrook

Cultivation of silkworms and manufacture of silk thread was touted as a new agricultural boon for Maine in the early 19th century. However, only small-scale silk production followed. In 1874, the Haskell Silk Co. of Westbrook changed that, importing raw silk, and producing silk machine twist threat, then fabrics, until its demise in 1930.

Exhibit

Drawing Together: Art of the Longfellows

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is best know as a poet, but he also was accomplished in drawing and music. He shared his love of drawing with most of his siblings. They all shared the frequent activity of drawing and painting with their children. The extended family included many professional as well as amateur artists, and several architects.

Site Pages

View All Showing 2 of 25 Showing 3 of 25

Site Page

Music in Maine - Music Education

"… helps strengthen memory skills. Robert Cheney posing with ukulele, Sanford, 1931Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media The Portland…"

Site Page

Music in Maine - MAKE

"MAKE Music makers include musicians, artists, and craftspeople who make instruments, write songs, and make music in the home and community settings."

Site Page

Music in Maine - Music in Maine

"Music in Maine Music is something we share as humans—non-verbal forms of storytelling and expressions of beauty and emotions through sound."