Keywords: 50s
Item 105866
Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: 1957-08-27 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 13920
View of Waldo-Hancock Bridge, 1936
Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1936 Location: Prospect; Verona Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
The Waldo-Hancock Bridge is in the process of being dismantled after over 70 years of service. The Maine State Archives has a number of records related to the history of this famous bridge that are presented in this exhibition.
Exhibit
Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1820 to 1865: Temperance and the Maine Law
"… remarkable number of riots in the 1830s, 40s, and 50s, often related to alcohol. Ironically, some of the first non-Yankee fortunes came from…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2
"Later in the 1940s and 50s, the waterfront was used by people along Water Street and a lumber company."
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 2 of 4
"… message T-shirts, but as of yet, no roll hemmed '50s jeans, or much in the area of 1950s teen clothing."
Story
Float like a water lily
by Nancy R.
Learning to swim on Wilson Pond in Wayne, and synchronized swimming in college.
Story
Portland Bars: Carlo's and Boothby Square
by anonymous
Carlo Giobbi on his family's Portland Bars: Carlo's and Boothby Square
