Keywords: through
Item 23086
Through shot, Ambajejus, ca. 1900, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Ambajejus Boom House Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: T1 R9 WELS Media: Wood
Item 41713
Four-masted schooner towed through Lubec Narrows, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Matt Hoopes through Lubec Memorial Library Date: circa 1920 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard
Item 58054
Garage, High through to Spring Street Place, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Abraham Goodside Use: Garage
Item 32674
Dwelling, Beverly Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Caroline Bancroft Style: Falling Down Use: Dwelling - Shack
Item 148190
Walch Publishing parking plan, Portland, ME, 1991-1999
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1991–1999 Location: Portland Client: Walch Properties Architect: Allied Architects & Engineers
Item 148189
Walch Publishing Valley Street alterations first floor plan, Portland, 1983-1987
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1983–1987 Location: Portland Client: J. Weston Walch, Publisher Architect: Wadsworth Boston Mercer & Weatherill
Exhibit
Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye
The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.
Exhibit
Washington County Through Eastern's Eye
Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4
"Transportation Through the Years Trolleys: The Electrics Come to Town Open Air Trolley, Scarborough, ca."
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4
"Transportation Through the Years Air Meet at Portland Airport in Scarborough, 1928Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Aviation: When…"
Story
Dancing through barriers
by Garrett Stewart
My Dad performed on the Dave Astor Show in Portland during the civil rights era.
Story
Wabanaki Fashion
by Decontie & Brown
Keeping the spirit and memories of our ancestors alive through fashion and creativity
Lesson Plan
What Remains: Learning about Maine Populations through Burial Customs
Grade Level: 6-8
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies, Visual & Performing Arts
This lesson plan will give students an overview of how burial sites and gravestone material culture can assist historians and archaeologists in discovering information about people and migration over time. Students will learn how new scholarship can help to dispel harmful archaeological myths, look into the roles of religion and ethnicity in early Maine and New England immigrant and colonial settlements, and discover how to track changes in population and social values from the 1600s to early 1900s based on gravestone iconography and epitaphs.
Lesson Plan
Longfellow Studies: "Christmas Bells"
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
The words of this poem are more commonly known as the lyrics to a popular Christmas Carol of the same title. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote "Christmas Bells" in December of 1863 as the Civil War raged. It expresses his perpetual optimism and hope for the future of mankind. The poem's lively rhythm, simple rhyme and upbeat refrain have assured its popularity through the years.
