Keywords: edison
Item 14607
Edison Primary Cell, S-90, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Fort Kent Media: Glass and metal
Item 22155
Old Edison School pupils, Springvale, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative
Item 52512
79 Franklin Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Benjamin Edison Use: Dwelling - Three Family
Exhibit
At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.
Exhibit
Maine Streets: The Postcard View
Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.
Site Page
"… made, and pivotal to further fieldwork with the Edison phonograph. Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the first telephones, started the Dictaphone…"
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2
"Edison, the inventor; this friendship lasted throughout their lives. Chisholm bought out his brother’s interest in the business in 1872; relocated…"
Story
Translating 1890 Passamaquoddy Wax Cylinders
by Dwayne Tomah
Dwayne Tomah (Passamaquoddy) discusses the importance of 1890 recordings
