Keywords: James Sails
Item 14570
Contributed by: Bucksport Historical Society Date: 1901 Location: Bucksport Media: Photographic print
Item 14933
Captain Benjamin Thompson, Winterport, ca. 1900
Contributed by: South Portland Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Winterport Media: Photograph on cardboard
Item 37310
158 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: James H McDonald Use: Store & Storage
Exhibit
Promoting Rockland Through a Stereopticon, 1875
Frank Crockett and photographer J.P. Armbrust took stereo views of Rockland's downtown, industry, and notable homes in the 1870s as a way to promote tourism to the town.
Exhibit
Harry Lyon: An Old Sea Dog Takes to the Air
Through a chance meeting, Harry Lyon of Paris Hill became the navigator on the 1928 flight of the Southern Cross, the first trans-Pacific flight. His skill as a navigator, despite his lack of experience, was a key factor on the flight's success.
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses
"… Desert and was brought to this island when a sail boat chanced to visit those places This was very inconvenient to the settlers and often the…"
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES
"Merchant Sail. Center Lovell, Me.: Fairburn Marine Educational Foundation, 1955. (S) Flagg, James Montgomery. Roses and buckshot. New York: G.P."
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An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania
Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021
