Keywords: Congress Street
Item 104406
Congress Street, Portland, 1921
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1921 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 111783
Maine Charitable Mechanic Association and Congress Street, Portland, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Mechanics' Hall Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 39016
655-661 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: The Fraternity Co. Use: Dwelling - Apartments & Stores
Item 38961
589 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Devisees of George C. Shaw Co. Use: Store & Bakery
Item 150958
J.P. Baxter Block, Congress Building, Portland, 1908
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1908
Location: Portland; Portland
Client: James P. Baxter
Architect: Frederick A. Tompson
This record contains 18 images.
Item 150911
Three-flat house for Dr. F.O. Cobb, 851 Congress Street, Portland, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Client: F. O. Cobb Architect: Frederick A. Tompson
Exhibit
History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways
Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.
Exhibit
MHS in Pictures: exploring our first 200 years
Two years after separating from Massachusetts, Maine leaders—many who were part of the push for statehood—also separated from Massachusetts Historical Society, creating the Maine Historical Society in 1822. The legislation signed on February 5, 1822 positioned MHS as the third-oldest state dedicated historical organization in the nation. The exhibition features MHS's five locations over the institution's two centuries, alongside images of leaders who have steered the organization through pivotal times.
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"
""Man on the Street" Street scene, Monument Square, Portland, ca. 1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media The Portland Evening Express…"
Site Page
Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland
"In 1807 the Embargo Act was passed by Congress, forbidding all international trade to and from American ports; with this, President Thomas Jefferson…"
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
Story
Portland in the 1940s
by Carol Norton Hall
As a young woman in Portland during WWII, the presence of servicemen was life changing.
Lesson Plan
Portland History: "My Lost Youth" - Longfellow's Portland, Then and Now
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow loved his boyhood home of Portland, Maine. Born on Fore Street, the family moved to his maternal grandparents' home on Congress Street when Henry was eight months old. While he would go on to Bowdoin College and travel extensively abroad, ultimately living most of his adult years in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he never forgot his beloved Portland.
Years after his childhood, in 1855, he wrote "My Lost Youth" about his undiminished love for and memories of growing up in Portland. This exhibit, using the poem as its focus, will present the Portland of Longfellow's boyhood. In many cases the old photos will be followed by contemporary images of what that site looked like 2004.
Following the exhibit of 68 slides are five suggested lessons that can be adapted for any grade level, 3–12.
