Keywords: Improvement associations
Item 79552
Clubhouse and tennis courts, Christmas Cove, ca. 1910
Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: South Bristol Media: Postcard
Item 108652
Public library at Popham Beach, Phippsburg, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Phippsburg Media: Glass Plate Negative
Item 85329
Owner in 1924: Trefethen-Evergreen Improvement Association Use: Wharf
Item 86773
Long Island Improvement Association property, 1 Wharf Street, Long Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Long Island Improvement Association Use: Wharf
Item 150881
Preliminary Plan for the Improvement of Back Cove, Portland, 1896
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1896 Location: Portland Client: Town of Portland Architect: Olmsted Brothers
Item 151878
Harbison residence, Niantic, Connecticut, 1998
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1998 Location: Niantic Client: Lecia Harbison Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates
Exhibit
A Celebration of Skilled Artisans
The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, an organization formed to promote and support skilled craftsmen, celebrated civic pride and members' trades with a parade through Portland on Oct. 8, 1841 at which they displayed 17 painted linen banners with graphic and textual representations of the artisans' skills.
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview
"… over from ship-building days, was purchased but improvement was delayed while the city debated a 1959 proposal for urban renewal."
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station
"Train service improved greatly and long waits for automobile ferries disappeared. Passenger and freight train traffic increased enough to justify the…"
Story
Aroostook Potato Harvest: Perspective of a Six Year Old
by Phyllis A. Blackstone
A child's memory of potato harvest in the 1950s
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
