Keywords: Standard Oil Company
Item 151989
Felix the Pig, mascot of the Standard Oil tanker "Astral," Portland, 1926
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926-05-29 Location: Portland Media: Glass negative
Item 103605
Spectator at oil fire, Kennebec Street, Portland, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1935 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 53878
Assessor's Record, 491-503 Fore Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Standard Oil Company Use: Filling station
Item 67856
1-5 Ocean Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Standard Oil Company Use: Filling station
Exhibit
Lincoln County through the Eastern Eye
The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.
Exhibit
After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit
"… of the ceiling from a suspended kerosene oil lamp. The building was soon ablaze and in spite of great efforts but very few goods were saved."
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor
"Mustard or oil was added, depending on the size of the herring. Then came the step of sealing the cans in another section of the cannery, “bathing”…"
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
