Keywords: healy
Item 29290
James A. Healy, Portland, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: Portland Media: Print from glass negative
Item 29289
James A. Healy, Portland, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Carte de visite
Item 82939
Healy property, N. Side Seashore Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Rose G. Healy Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 82942
Healy property, Seashore Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Rose G. Healy Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 109671
Alterations in House for Mr. V. T. Healy, Auburn, 1902
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1902 Location: Auburn Client: V. T. Healy Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects
Exhibit
The Irish on the Docks of Portland
Many of the dockworkers -- longshoremen -- in Portland were Irish or of Irish descent. The Irish language was spoken on the docks and Irish traditions followed, including that of giving nicknames to the workers, many of whose given names were similar.
Exhibit
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's popularity in the 19th century is reflected by the number of images of him -- in a variety of media -- that were produced and reproduced, some to go with published works of his, but many to be sold to the public on cards and postcards.
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