Search Results

Keywords: Flying Yankee

Advanced Search

Historical Items

View All Showing 2 of 9 Showing 3 of 9

Item 53403

The Flying Yankee at the Biddeford train station, ca. 1950

The Flying Yankee at the Biddeford train station, ca. 1950

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1950 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 17987

Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, 1951

Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, 1951

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: 1951 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 34041

Maine Central Railroad brochure, Cumberland, 1950

Maine Central Railroad brochure, Cumberland, 1950

Contributed by: Richard Rozene through North Yarmouth Historical Society Date: 1950-04-30 Location: Cumberland Media: Ink on paper

Online Exhibits

View All Showing 2 of 3 Showing 3 of 3

Exhibit

John Burton with weeding spade, ca. 1900

Aroostook County Railroads

Construction of the Bangor and Aroostook rail lines into northern Aroostook County in the early twentieth century opened the region to tourism and commerce from the south.

Exhibit

Grand Falls Expedition party, Labrador, 1891

Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador

"The Bowdoin Boys" -- some students and recent graduates -- traveled to Labrador in 1891 to collect artifacts, specimens, and to try to find Grand Falls, a waterfall deep in Labrador's interior.

Exhibit

MMN Image 108788

Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

Site Pages

View All Showing 2 of 5 Showing 3 of 5

Site Page

Bowdoin group at Negro Island Harbor, Nova Scotia, 1891

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Site Page

Pine Point RR Station, Scarborough, ca. 1890

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… east of the Mississippi, the famed Flying Yankee. The novelty wore off and revenues continued to drop."

Site Page

John Martin backbend, Bangor, 1844

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… to his vitriol about houses of ill repute, "Irish Yankees," and rowdy, ill-behaved soldiers. He closed his own store, probably in 1866, and worked…"

My Maine Stories

View All Showing 1 of 1 Showing 1 of 1

Story

Vietnam Memoirs

Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR