Keywords: Maine Motors Company (Portland, Me.)
Item 35044
Arthur Waterman, Portland, ca. 1965
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 35045
State Motor Co. vehicles, Portland, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 54503
313 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: H.S. Jackson Motor Company Use: Garage - Showroom
Item 54507
327-329 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Peterson Motor Company Use: Garage - Showroom
Exhibit
Since the establishment of the area's first licensed hotel in 1681, Portland has had a dramatic, grand and boisterous hotel tradition. The Portland hotel industry has in many ways reflected the growth and development of the city itself. As Portland grew with greater numbers of people moving through the city or calling it home, the hotel business expanded to fit the increasing demand.
Exhibit
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.
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
