Keywords: Union Wharf
Item 148246
Fishing boats docked at Union Wharf, Portland, 1887
Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-06-15 Location: Portland; South Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 148224
Schooner "Henrietta Frances" at Union Wharf, Portland, 1887
Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-04-09 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 86731
Storage, Union Wharf, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Union Wharf Proprietors Use: Storage
Item 93800
Storage, Union Wharf, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Proprietors Union Wharf Use: Storage
Exhibit
Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.
Exhibit
A Celebration of Skilled Artisans
The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, an organization formed to promote and support skilled craftsmen, celebrated civic pride and members' trades with a parade through Portland on Oct. 8, 1841 at which they displayed 17 painted linen banners with graphic and textual representations of the artisans' skills.
Site Page
"… own wharf along the Saco River, known as Quarry Wharf or Andrews Wharf. From "Romance of Pepperell" (1921) X The textile manufacture industry…"
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen
"… Queen Contestants The contestants met at the town wharf before the ball for a photo op. Susie is third from the right."
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
