Keywords: Local politics
Item 104482
Log Cabin and Hard Cider Club, Portland, ca. 1853
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1853 Location: Portland Media: Daguerreotype
Item 10526
Governor King monument, Bath, ca. 1903
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: circa 1903 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print
Item 65229
73-75 Newbury Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: David Finkelman Use: Apartments
Exhibit
Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement
"A small Socialist party garnered 700 hundred local followers prior to WWII. X Maine State Temperance Camp-Meeting Sebago Lake, 1876…"
Exhibit
Fashion for the People: Maine's Graphic Tees
From their humble beginnings as undergarments to today's fashion runways, t-shirts have evolved into universally worn wardrobe staples. Original graphic t-shirts, graphic t-shirt quilts, and photographs trace the 102-year history of the garment, demonstrating how, through the act of wearing graphic tees, people own a part of history relating to politics, social justice, economics, and commemorative events in Maine.
Site Page
"… past in the cross-border region, and as Wabanaki political and language activism demonstrates in 2022, Native peoples remain fundamentally invested…"
Site Page
"… Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 Essay by Liam Riordan Riordan is American historian specializing in the…"
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
Story
Spiros Droggitis: From Biddeford to Washington DC and back
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A Greek family's impact: from the iconic Wonderbar Restaurant to Washington DC
Lesson Plan
Becoming Maine: The District of Maine's Coastal Economy
Grade Level: 3-5
Content Area: Social Studies
This lesson plan will introduce students to the maritime economy of Maine prior to statehood and to the Coasting Law that impacted the separation debate. Students will examine primary documents, take part in an activity that will put the Coasting Law in the context of late 18th century – early 19th century New England, and learn about how the Embargo Act of 1807 affected Maine in the decades leading to statehood.
