Keywords: Imperial House
Item 26840
Imperial House, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print
Item 9047
Group in Front of Hotel Coburn, about 1895
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1895 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.
Exhibit
Lillian Nordica: Farmington Diva
Lillian Norton, known as Nordica, was one of the best known sopranos in America and the world at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. She was a native of Farmington.
Story
An Asian American Account
by Zabrina
An account from a Chinese American teen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
