Keywords: Early aviation
Item 20704
Standard J-1, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1924
Contributed by: Old Orchard Beach Historical Society Date: circa 1924 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print
Item 104787
Ruth Nichols, Clarence Chamberlain, and unidentified pilot, ca. 1935
Do you know where this was taken and who the middle person is?
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1935 Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
Following his historic flight across the Atlantic in May 1927, aviator Charles Lindbergh commenced a tour across America, greeted by cheering crowds at every stop. He was a day late for his speaking engagement in Portland, due to foggy conditions. Elise Fellows White wrote in her diary about seeing Lindbergh and his plane.
Exhibit
World War I and the Maine Experience
With a long history of patriotism and service, Maine experienced the war in a truly distinct way. Its individual experiences tell the story of not only what it means to be an American, but what it means to be from Maine during the war to end all wars.
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation
"1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Aviation and news about visiting aviators was always a big topic in the Evening Express and Press…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4
"Jones who owned an airplane hanger in Old Orchard Beach. I remember my mother telling me about the early days of aviation when it was quite common…"
Story
Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne
Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII
