Keywords: Works Progress Administration
Item 103297
National Youth Administration cabin, Houlton, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 103298
The National Youth Administration hangar with planes, Houlton, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland
The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.
Exhibit
The Swinging Bridge: Walking Across the Androscoggin
Built in 1892 to entice workers at the Cabot Manufacturing Corporation in Brunswick to move to newly built housing in Topsham, the Androscoggin Pedestrian "Swinging" Bridge or Le Petit Pont quickly became important to many people traveling between the two communities.
Site Page
Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax
"… Lubec demanding information from the unfortunate administrators who were left holding the bag, apparently unaware of the swindle."
Site Page
"… the British and commanded to bear a part in the administration of their affairs being (as they say) within their jurisdiction; on the other hand…"
