Keywords: Maine General Hospital (Portland, Me.)
Item 8892
Maine General Hospital patient menu, Portland, 1950
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1950 Location: Portland Media: Black and white paper document
Item 8968
Maine General Hospital sewing room, Portland, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 135766
Maine General Hospital additions and alterations floor plan, Portland, 1929
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1929 Location: Portland Client: Maine Medical Center Architect: Coolidge Shepley Bulfinch and Abbott
Item 110031
Electric Passenger elevator for Children's Hospital, Portland, 1909
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: Frederick A. Tompson
Exhibit
Maine Medical Center, Bramhall Campus
Maine Medical Center, founded as Maine General Hospital, has dominated Portland’s West End since its construction in 1871 on Bramhall Hill. As the medical field grew in both technological and social practice, the facility of the hospital also changed. This exhibit tracks the expansion and additions to that original building as the hospital adapted to its patients’ needs.
Exhibit
George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator
George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.
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Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy
"Maine General Hospital in moonlight, Portland, ca. 1909Maine Historical Society Although Mercy Hospital wasn’t the first hospital open to the…"
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Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu
"The first patient appeared at Maine General Hospital on September 19, prompting administrators to establish an isolation ward rather than risk…"
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
