Keywords: Main Street
Item 71879
Main Street, North Bridgton, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Bridgton Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 71871
Main Street, Westbrook, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1936 Location: Westbrook Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 73799
50 Rockland Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Orin Main Use: Dwelling - Two family
Item 63140
41 Middle Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Clementina A. Leo Use: Dwelling - Two Family and Store
Item 151587
State Street Congregational Church alterations, Portland, 1892-1893
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1892–1893
Location: Portland
Client: State Street Congregational Church
Architect: John Calvin Stevens
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Item 151566
State Street Church parsonage, Portland, 1927-1928
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927–1928 Location: Portland Client: State Street Church Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Maine Streets: The Postcard View
Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.
Exhibit
KVVTI's Gilman Street Campus, 1978-1986
The Gilman Street building began its life in 1913 as Waterville High School, but served from 1978 to 1986 as the campus of Kennebec Valley Vocational Technical Institute. The building helped the school create a sense of community and an identity.
Site Page
"… Street Roger Morrison Interview on Main Street Main Street Looking North, 2010 photo courtesy of Roger Stevens X Main Street Looking…"
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street
"… Street By Kyle Hietala The Building Front Street, in Bath, Maine has been one of the most densely packed business areas throughout the city’s…"
Story
Orphanage on Revere Street
by anonymous
An orphanage operated by a Mrs. Oliver on 54 Revere Street in Portland, Maine in 1930.
Story
30 years of business in Maine
by Raj & Bina Sharma
30 years of business, raising a family, & showcasing our culture in Maine
Lesson Plan
Portland History: "My Lost Youth" - Longfellow's Portland, Then and Now
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow loved his boyhood home of Portland, Maine. Born on Fore Street, the family moved to his maternal grandparents' home on Congress Street when Henry was eight months old. While he would go on to Bowdoin College and travel extensively abroad, ultimately living most of his adult years in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he never forgot his beloved Portland.
Years after his childhood, in 1855, he wrote "My Lost Youth" about his undiminished love for and memories of growing up in Portland. This exhibit, using the poem as its focus, will present the Portland of Longfellow's boyhood. In many cases the old photos will be followed by contemporary images of what that site looked like 2004.
Following the exhibit of 68 slides are five suggested lessons that can be adapted for any grade level, 3–12.
