Keywords: Wartime
Item 100331
Eunice Sewall on wartime shortages, Chocktaw County, Alabama, 1864
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864-02-23 Media: Ink on paper
Item 105712
Margaret Payson's square shouldered dress, Portland, ca. 1943
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1943
Location: Portland
Media: rayon, plastic, metal
This record contains 12 images.
Exhibit
South Portland's Wartime Shipbuilding
Two shipyards in South Portland, built quickly in 1941 to construct cargo ships for the British and Americans, produced nearly 270 ships in two and a half years. Many of those vessels bore the names of notable Mainers.
Exhibit
The paper mill on the Penobscot River in South Brewer, which became known as Eastern Fine Paper Co., began as a sawmill in 1884 and grew over the years as an important part of the economy of the region and a large presence in the landscape. Its closing in 2005 affected more than the men and women who lost their jobs.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Wartime on Mt. Desert Island
"Wartime on Mt. Desert Island Wartime did not pass MDI by. Many of the local men fought in the Revolutionary War and MDI continued to be represented…"
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Wartime Lincoln
"Wartime Lincoln WWI Monument, Main Street X Use the menu at left to browse various pieces completed by 7th and 8th grade social-studies…"
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
Rachel Tourigny: Richness of growing up in a big, "poor" family
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A most vivid and heartwarming account of life during a simpler time
