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Item 29242

Youth radio panel, 1953

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1953 Media: Photographic print

Item 112069

WMPG 90.9 and 104.1 t-shirt, Portland, ca. 2004

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 2004 Location: Portland Media: Cotton, ink
This record contains 4 images.

Item 67315

Otter Cliffs radio receiver, 1918

Contributed by: National Archives at Boston Date: 1918 Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 35210

569-575 Brighton Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Eoline M Wilson Use: Filling Station & Store

Online Exhibits

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Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"… with Bangor called “the Nashville of the North.” Radio stations developed regional broadcasts like Lewiston’s bilingual WCOU’s 'Noisiest Gang on…"

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Southern Cross commemorative print, ca. 1928

Harry Lyon: An Old Sea Dog Takes to the Air

Through a chance meeting, Harry Lyon of Paris Hill became the navigator on the 1928 flight of the Southern Cross, the first trans-Pacific flight. His skill as a navigator, despite his lack of experience, was a key factor on the flight's success.

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W. E. Chandler's Band, Kennebunkport, 1910

Strike Up the Band

Before the era of recorded music and radio, nearly every community had a band that played at parades and other civic events. Fire departments had bands, military units had bands, theaters had bands. Band music was everywhere.

Site Pages

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Maternity, Hallowell Granite Works, ca. 1895

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ice Storm Poem

"… playing cards by candlelight with battery-run radios humming to fill silence. Ice gripped the land with a hard hand as it softened neighbors’…"