Keywords: Trading posts
Item 105044
English sixpence Queen Elizabeth I coin, Richmond Island, 1590
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1590 Location: Richmond Island Media: Silver
Item 105048
Queen Elizabeth I English three halfpence coin, Richmond Island, ca. 1560
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1560 Location: Richmond Island Media: metal
Item 110149
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 110190
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
Northern Threads: Colonial and 19th century fur trade
A vignette in "Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society Part 1," this fur trade mini-exhibition discusses the environmental and economic impact of the fur trade in Maine through the 19th century.
Exhibit
The Life and Legacy of the George Tate Family
Captain George Tate, mast agent for the King of England from 1751 to the Revolutionary War, and his descendants helped shape the development of Portland (first known as Falmouth) through activities such as commerce, shipping, and real estate.
Site Page
"Josh Shaw "What if the post office never existed?" The postal service refers to the post offices and mailing."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation
"… navigation, agricultural societies, India trade, turnpikes, physics, brick machines etc., bridges, bank stock, Society To Direct Foreigners…"
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
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