Keywords: Charity
Item 16132
Charity Root, Portland, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Media: Photographic print
Item 148327
Scout Ramon Howe crafting dolls for Christmas charity, Portland, 1924
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1924-12-22 Location: Portland Media: Glass negative
Item 48409
Assessor's Record, 197 Dayton Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Charity S Thompson Use: Garage
Item 48407
192 Dayton Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Charity S Thompson Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 150311
Hall at Cumberland Mills, Westbrook, 1880
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1880 Location: Westbrook; Westbrook Client: Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) Architect: Fassett & Stevens Architects
Exhibit
From French Canadians to Franco-Americans
French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.
Exhibit
Shaarey Tphiloh, Portland's Orthodox Synagogue
Shaarey Tphiloh was founded in 1904 by immigrants from Eastern Europe. While accommodating to American society, the Orthodox synagogue also has retained many of its traditions.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity
"Values and Charity In Hallowell, acting on one’s ideals and beliefs has always been regarded not simply as desirable, but necessary."
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 65-83
"Coombs Eben French Court House Maine Charity School Bangor House Peter Edes Bangor-Old Town railroad Mount Hope Cemetery North Bangor (Veazie) Bangor…"
Story
Hasan Jasim: Putting his life on the line for this country
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
An Iraqi interpreter shares insights on the value and price of freedom
Story
Cleaning Fish or How Grandfather and Grandmother got by
by Randy Randall
Grandfather and Grandmother subsisted on the fish Grandfather caught, not always legally.