Keywords: Wells Beach
Item 105344
Island Ledge Casino, Wells Beach, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Wells Media: postcard
Item 105345
View of the square from the casino, Wells Beach, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Wells Media: postcard
Exhibit
Following his historic flight across the Atlantic in May 1927, aviator Charles Lindbergh commenced a tour across America, greeted by cheering crowds at every stop. He was a day late for his speaking engagement in Portland, due to foggy conditions. Elise Fellows White wrote in her diary about seeing Lindbergh and his plane.
Exhibit
At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation
"Frances Grayson, Old Orchard Beach, 1927Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media While living in Manhattan, Grayson was inspired by Charles…"
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake
"Donated equipment was used and the beach was made usable. It became a continuing improvement project for several years."
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Warming Oceans
by David Reidmiller, Gulf of Maine Research Institute
The rate of warming in the Gulf of Maine is faster than that of more than 95% of the world’s oceans
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The Cup Code (working at OOB in the 1960s)
by Randy Randall
Teenagers cooking fried food in OOB and the code used identify the product and quantity.
