Keywords: Young men
Item 41197
Men and women in bathing suits, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1920 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Glass Negative
Item 82136
Yong Men Republican Club, Biddeford, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Republican Club through Biddeford Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 52897
152-158 Free Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Young Men's Christian Assoc. Use: Stores - Offices - Apartments
Item 54064
68-70 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Albert S. Rines Use: Dwelling - Two family
Item 151131
Bath Y.M.C.A. and Sagadahoc Real Estate Association Building, Bath, 1909-1918
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909–1918 Location: Bath Clients: Young Mens Christian Association; Sagadahoc Real Estate Associat Architect: John Calvin Stevens John Howard Stevens Architects
Item 150068
Bangor Y.M.C.A. building, Bangor, 1950-1956
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1950–1956 Location: Bangor Client: Y.M.C.A. Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Exhibit
Putting Men to Work, Saving Trees
While many Mainers were averse to accepting federal relief money during the Great Depression of the 1930s, young men eagerly joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of President Franklin Roosevelt's most popular programs. The Maine Forest Service supervised the work of many of the camps.
Exhibit
John Y. Merrill: Leeds Farmer, Entrepreneur, & More
John Y. Merrill of Leeds (1823-1898) made terse entries in diaries he kept for 11 years. His few words still provide a glimpse into the life of a mid 18th century farmer, who also made shoes, quarried stone, moved barns, made healing salves -- and was active in civic affairs.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilders, Sailors and Whaling Men
"… five sons, three of whom were lost at sea as young men. One, Captain John Drew, adopted the pen name “Kennebecker” and for 17 years wrote a popular…"
Site Page
"… War veterans are contrasted with those of several young men who served in the Civil War. Simon Dearborn of Monmouth joined the staff of his…"
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
Story
Portland in the 1940s
by Carol Norton Hall
As a young woman in Portland during WWII, the presence of servicemen was life changing.
