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Historical Items

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Item 27689

Old Orchard Beach High School after Hurricane Carol, Old Orchard Beach, 1954

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1954 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

Item 30935

Old Orchard Beach Camp Ground, 1911

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1911 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

Item 51222

Old Orchard Beach Center, 1900

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 67259

28-34 Orchard Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Mary A. Tolman Use: Garage & Storage

Item 67853

29-31 Orchard Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Samuel S. Boyd Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 67854

32-34 Orchard Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Matson Tinker Use: Dwelling - Single family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151311

Bancroft house at 28 Orchard Street, Portland, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926 Location: Portland Client: Mrs. L. T. Bancroft Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 150346

House for Mrs. L.T. Bancroft, Portland, 1926-1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926–1950 Location: Portland Client: Mrs. L. T. Bancroft Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 151672

Chellis cottage, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Old Orchard Beach Client: Chellis Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

We Saw Lindbergh!

Following his historic flight across the Atlantic in May 1927, aviator Charles Lindbergh commenced a tour across America, greeted by cheering crowds at every stop. He was a day late for his speaking engagement in Portland, due to foggy conditions. Elise Fellows White wrote in her diary about seeing Lindbergh and his plane.

Exhibit

Motor Coachmen and their Stanley Cars, Poland Spring, 1911

Auto Racing in Maine: 1911

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.

Exhibit

Luxurious Leisure

From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.