Keywords: Post offices
Item 66515
Post office, Kennebunkport, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Kennebunkport Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 12240
Mere Point Post Office and Store, Brunswick, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1925 Location: Brunswick Media: Postcard
Item 88179
Morse property, W. Side Island Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Retta Morse Use: Dwelling & Post Office
Item 50794
Assessor's Record, 65-79 Exchange Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: U.S. Government Use: Post Office
Item 151084
U.S. Post Office, Portland, 1932
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1932 Location: Portland; Portland Client: United States Post Office Architect: John Calvin Stevens John Howard Stevens Architects
Item 151125
Addition to the Branch Post Office for the Free Street Corporation, Portland, 1943-1949
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943–1949 Location: Portland Client: United States Post Office Architect: John Howard Stevens John Calvin Stevens II Architects
Exhibit
Post office clerks began collecting strong red, white, and blue string, rolling it onto a ball and passing it on to the next post office to express their support for the Union effort in the Civil War. Accompanying the ball was this paper scroll on which the clerks wrote messages and sometimes drew images.
Exhibit
Lt. Charles Bridges: Getting Ahead in the Army
Sgt. Charles Bridges of Co. B of the 2nd Maine Infantry was close to the end of his two years' enlistment in early 1863 when he took advantage of an opportunity for advancement by seeking and getting a commission as an officer in the 3rd Regiment U.S. Volunteers.
Site Page
"… never existed?" The postal service refers to the post offices and mailing. Here are some things that may have happened if the postal service had…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Post Office and Fire Station
"Post Office and Fire Station Hallowell Post OfficeHubbard Free Library Judy Longfellow, Post Woman written by Sam Gilbert Q How old were you…"
Story
In 1970 I served in Vietnam, and sent my parents a package
by Peter P. Joyce Jr.
My Parents' war story
Story
Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR