Keywords: Laundries
Item 52200
Saco Steam Laundry wagon, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print
Item 82132
Westbrook Star Laundry, Westbrook, ca. 1934
Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: circa 1934 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print
Item 77846
26 Temple Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Globe Laundry Use: Laundry
Item 40503
29-31 Cotton Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Globe Laundry Use: Stable
Item 151293
Skylands, Mount Desert, 1922-2000
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1922–2000
Location: Mount Desert
Client: Martha Stewart
Architect: Landscape Design Associates
This record contains 3 images.
Item 150384
Maine Insane Hospital Buildings, Augusta, 1893-1913
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1893–1913
Location: Augusta
Client: State of Maine
Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs and Gibbs Architects
This record contains 4 images.
Exhibit
In 1857, when Daniel Cough left Amoy Island, China, as a stowaway on a sailing ship from Mt. Desert Island he was on his way into history as the first Chinese person to make his home in Maine. He was soon followed by a cigar maker and a tea merchant who settled in Portland and then by many more Chinese men who spread all over Maine working mostly as laundrymen.
Exhibit
Toy Len Goon: Mother of the Year
Toy Len Goon of Portland, an immigrant from China, was a widow with six children when she was selected in 1952 as America's Mother of the Year.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2
"The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style Presque Isle Historical Society Sadie took the clothes and hung them on a line outside."
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 1 of 2
"The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style Text by Ben, a Presque Isle Middle School student Images from the Presque Isle Historical Society…"
Story
From Chinese Laundress to Mother of the Year
by Dr. Andrea Louie
Toy Len Goon's granddaughter recounts her immigration to the US and becoming Mother of the Year.
Story
Senator Susan Deschambault: not afraid to take on challenges
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project
Honoring her family's small business roots and community service through her own unconventional path
