Keywords: Portland Manufacturing Company
Item 13273
Portland Company Civil War locomotive, ca. 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 13002
Fog Whistle Engineering Drawing, Portland Company, 1868
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1868-08-13 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper, drawings
Item 70060
36-38 Pearl Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Shoe Manufacturing Company Use: Factory
Item 35429
705 Brighton Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Lucas Brick Company Use: Manufacturing - Brick
Item 151525
Cook, Everett, & Pennell building alterations, Portland, 1945-1946
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945–1946 Location: Portland Client: Cook, Everett, & Pennell Architect: John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects
Item 151044
Cook, Everett & Pennell office space, ca. 1923
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1923 Client: Cook, Everett & Pennell Architect: John P. Thomas
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Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland
The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.
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Hermann Kotzschmar: Portland's Musical Genius
During the second half of the 19th century, "Hermann Kotzschmar" was a familiar household name in Portland. He spent 59 years in his adopted city as a teacher, choral conductor, concert artist, and church organist.
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village
"… Portland Historical Society The village of New Portland was commonly known as West Portland and today is referred to as the West Village by most…"
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village
"New Portland Fair 1951New Portland Historical Society In 1906 a corporation for a water company was formed. Warren B. Clark, E."
