Keywords: Buck Street
Item 14259
Charles W. Buck, Portland, ca. 1873
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1873 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 9096
Coburn Hall Fire, Skowhegan, 1904
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1904 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 51329
149 Falmouth Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Edith Buck Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 51240
31 Fairfield Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Emma A Buck Use: Dwelling - Single family
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
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George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator
George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.
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Lincoln, Maine - Gateway Motors
"Allie Webber owned Gateway Motors/Casino Motors. Buck Motors was built in 1939 and was owned by Roy Buck and his two sons, Myron and Bryon."
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
