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Item 99326

Greenleaf Walton's apple crop, East Dixfield, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Dixfield Media: Photographic print

Item 20826

Danforth Street orchard, Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 21251

Orchard, Woodland, ca, 1922

Contributed by: Nylander Museum Date: circa 1922 Location: Woodland Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 33211

21-23 Boyd Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: James H Orchard Use: Dwelling - Two family

Item 67259

28-34 Orchard Avenue, Portland, 1924

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

Item 67851

14-18 Orchard Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Benjamin G. Ward Use: Dwelling - Two family

Architecture & Landscape

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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

Item 150994

Addition to the House at Grand Beach for J.C. Hamlen Esq., Old Orchard, 1937

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1937 Location: Old Orchard Client: J. C. Hamlen Architect: John P. Thomas

Item 150335

Vacation home at Grand Beach, Old Orchard, 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Old Orchard Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

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.