Maine Memory Network

Forest City Chevrolet, Portland, 1960

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1960 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

1956 Chevrolet Belair at a Bangor and Aroostook Railroad grade level crossing, ca. 1956

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1956 Media: Photographic print

Student Exhibit: The Story of the Heywood Tavern

The story of the Heywood Tavern in Skowhegan.

Eye in the Sky

In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland Press Herald title. He followed in 1925 with the purchase the Portland Evening Express, which allowed him to combine two passions: photography and aviation.

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales Buildings

"A few years later, he purchased the Brewer Chevrolet franchise and facilities in 1961. That was on the corner of Main and Park Streets."

Lincoln, Maine - Gateway Motors

"A.E. Webber, and it was a Chevrolet car dealership. On July 4 1961, Mr. Bradstreet made it Bradstreet Ford Sales."