Keywords: Sea Street
Item 26600
West Main Street, Thomaston, ca. 1899
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1899 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 26605
Upper Green Street, West Side, Thomaston, 1959
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1959 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 37453
Assessor's Record, 2-40 West Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Gas Light Co. Use: Sea Wall
Item 82879
Coffin property, E. Side Ryefield Street, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Jennie p. Coffin Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 151557
House for Lyman H. Nelson, Portland, 1897-1926
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1897–1926 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Lyman H. Nelson Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Item 151475
David A. Calhoun house, Cape Elizabeth, 1904
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: David A. Calhoun Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
Maine Streets: The Postcard View
Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Mall on West Main Street
"… that were built for influential citizens and sea captains of the 19th century. Fine examples of Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate and…"
Site Page
Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland
"… sailed on the tide down the Kennebec River to the sea. During the years of the Embargo Act, this waterway was of little use for trade, but the road…"
Story
Portland in the 1940s
by Carol Norton Hall
As a young woman in Portland during WWII, the presence of servicemen was life changing.
Story
Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan
Stories of growing up Downeast
