Keywords: Waterfront Market
Item 27823
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1870 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 25747
Main Street, Stonington, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Stonington Media: Glass Negative
Item 37308
149-153 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Morris Sacknoff Use: Factory
Item 37309
157-163 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: H.S. Melcher Company Use: Store
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
The Irish on the Docks of Portland
Many of the dockworkers -- longshoremen -- in Portland were Irish or of Irish descent. The Irish language was spoken on the docks and Irish traditions followed, including that of giving nicknames to the workers, many of whose given names were similar.
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 1 of 4
"… the one of the most significant and long-lasting waterfront industries in Downeast Maine. Looking into McCurdy’s in 1986. Jacob B."
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor
"The waterfronts of both towns provided the perfect location for the industry, and a working landscape of canneries, smokehouses, and other businesses…"
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
