Keywords: Thomas Point Beach
Item 12232
Thomas Point Beach, Brunswick, ca. 1960
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1960 Location: Brunswick Media: Photograph, print
Item 34148
Black Point, Scarborough, ca. 1741
Contributed by: Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1741 Location: Scarborough Media: Paper on cardboard
Exhibit
History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways
Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family
"She spent many summers selling her wares in Rye Beach, New Hampshire. Sylvia got into a railway crash in 1933, causing her to go blind until her her…"
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map
"… into Strong from the west, tracks easterly to a point south of where the village was settled, then sweeps around a large bend to a southerly track…"
Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
