Keywords: exports
Item 100306
Chinese export porcelain tea bowl, Portland, ca. 1760
Contributed by: Tate House Museum Date: circa 1760 Location: Portland Media: Porcelain
Item 78684
Lumber Mill at the Mill Pond, Somesville, ca. 1905
Contributed by: Mount Desert Island Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Mount Desert Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
The Life and Legacy of the George Tate Family
Captain George Tate, mast agent for the King of England from 1751 to the Revolutionary War, and his descendants helped shape the development of Portland (first known as Falmouth) through activities such as commerce, shipping, and real estate.
Exhibit
Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Agriculture
"… supplies for the lumber industry or as an exporter of agricultural produce to the nation, agriculture has always been at the center of Presque…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - In the Beginning - Raw Materials - Quarrying
"… was timber, processed into potash was for export to Britain's soap-making industry. Quarrying granite soon followed."
Story
The Start of Brewing in Maine
by Alan Pugsley
Master brewer Alan Pugsley talked about the beginning of brewing in Maine
Story
Portland in the 1940s
by Carol Norton Hall
As a young woman in Portland during WWII, the presence of servicemen was life changing.
