Keywords: Mothers
Item 10918
Filling the pool, Biddeford, 1979
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1979-09-06 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print, ink on paper
Item 111408
Mother-of-the-Bride ensemble, South Portland, ca. 1969
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1969 Location: Portland Media: polyester, nylon, acetate, metal
Exhibit
Toy Len Goon: Mother of the Year
Toy Len Goon of Portland, an immigrant from China, was a widow with six children when she was selected in 1952 as America's Mother of the Year.
Exhibit
A Soldier's Declaration of Independence
William Bayley of Falmouth (Portland) was a soldier in the Continental Army, seeing service at Ticonderoga, Valley Forge, Monmouth Court House, and Saratoga, among other locations. His letters home to his mother reveal much about the economic hardships experienced by both soldiers and those at home.
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 2 of 3
"Potatoes are extremely common here, but my mother had never heard of the word “potato” until she moved to the County."
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Old Bill, gundalow crossing Penobscot River, Bangor, 1846
"Martin recalled that he and his mother and sister were returning in June 1846 from a visit to Ellsworth where his mother had grown up and where…"
Story
From Chinese Laundress to Mother of the Year
by Dr. Andrea Louie
Toy Len Goon's granddaughter recounts her immigration to the US and becoming Mother of the Year.
Story
My Mom was a nurse in the 8055 MASH, Korea
by Pat MacPherson
I’m so proud of my mother and the thousands of Army & Navy nurses who served in WWII & Korea
