Keywords: Curtis Corner
Item 98923
Cyrus Curtis birthplace, Portland, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 67539
Cyrus H.K. Curtis birthplace, Portland, 1923
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1923 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
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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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Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico Corner
"… early years was mainly a farming community with Curtis Howe operating the first general store. There was a fording place on the Swift River between…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4
"In 1929 Curtis Wright Corporation built a nearby log cabin intended as a barracks for a summer flight school."
