Keywords: Long Beach
Item 6503
Popham Beach, Phippsburg, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Popham Beach Media: Photoprint
Item 70064
Bathing beach, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 84063
Woodbury property, Beach Avenue, Long Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Albert Woodbury Use: Camp
Item 84117
Fogg property, Beach Avenue, Long Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: George L Fogg Use: Shed
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The novelty of organized auto racing came to Maine in 1911 with a hill-climbing event in Poland and speed racing at Old Orchard Beach. Drivers and cars came from all over New England for these events.
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At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation
"Aviation Biplane and pilots, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Aviation and news about visiting aviators…"
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY
"The coast is dotted by small, rocky islands and beaches, graceful dunes, and lush marshlands. Two long thin fingers of land create a large, naturally…"
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Warming Oceans
by David Reidmiller, Gulf of Maine Research Institute
The rate of warming in the Gulf of Maine is faster than that of more than 95% of the world’s oceans
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The Cup Code (working at OOB in the 1960s)
by Randy Randall
Teenagers cooking fried food in OOB and the code used identify the product and quantity.
