Keywords: American Express Company
Item 9755
American Express Company, Sanford, 1894
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1891 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print
Item 29434
American Express, Hallowell, ca. 1900
Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner Date: circa 1900 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Item 151631
Fitzgerald house, Brighton, VT, 1888
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1888 Location: Brighton Client: George H. Fitzgerald Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
A Convenient Soldier: The Black Guards of Maine
The Black Guards were African American Army soldiers, members of the segregated Second Battalion of the 366th Infantry sent to guard the railways of Maine during World War II, from 1941 to 1945. The purpose of the Black Guards' deployment to Maine was to prevent terrorist attacks along the railways, and to keep Maine citizens safe during the war.
Exhibit
Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection
"The Evening Express had the largest circulation in the city, and leveraged this by charging exorbitant advertising rates."
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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home
"… views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this project do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the…"
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
