Keywords: moving
Item 20824
House moving, Portland, ca. 1892
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1892 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 16789
Moving a Building, Springvale, ca. 1906
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1906 Location: Sanford Media: Print from glass negative
Item 86398
Anderson property, Beach Road, Cliff Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Viola E. Anderson Use: Barn
Item 36388
49 Pine Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Devisees of William T. Kilborn Style: Vernacular Victorian Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 116320
Capt. John Deering house, 1884-1919
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1884–1919 Location: Portland; Portland; Kennebunkport Client: John W. Deering Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Item 116449
Schlotterbeck & Foss Co., Portland, 1926-1927
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926–1927 Location: Portland Client: Schlotterbeck & Foss Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
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.
Exhibit
Mainers began propagating fish to stock ponds and lakes in the mid 19th century. The state got into the business in the latter part of the century, first concentrating on Atlantic salmon, then moving into raising other species for stocking rivers, lakes, and ponds.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings
"Postscript: More Moving Buildings The Old House, Harbor Cottage, The Big Barn and the Old Ell were not the only structures in Asticou to move…"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Moving to Maine: There to Here - Page 1 of 3
"Moving to Maine: There to Here Text by Alana, a student at Presque Isle Middle School Images from After moving to the United States for freedom and…"
Story
My life as a revolutionary knitter
by Katharine Cobey
Moving to Maine and confronting knitting stereotypes
Story
From Istanbul to Machias
by Zeynep Turk
Zeynep Turk talks about moving from Istanbul, Turkey to Machias, Maine for school.
Lesson Plan
Longfellow Studies: "The Slave's Dream"
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
In December of 1842 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's Poems on Slavery was published. "The Slave's Dream" is one of eight anti-slavery poems in the collection. A beautifully crafted and emotionally moving poem, it mesmerizes the reader with the last thoughts of an African King bound to slavery, as he lies dying in a field of rice. The 'landscape of his dreams' include the lordly Niger flowing, his green-eyed Queen, the Caffre huts and all of the sights and sounds of his homeland until at last 'Death illuminates his Land of Sleep.'
Lesson Plan
Portland History: "My Lost Youth" - Longfellow's Portland, Then and Now
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow loved his boyhood home of Portland, Maine. Born on Fore Street, the family moved to his maternal grandparents' home on Congress Street when Henry was eight months old. While he would go on to Bowdoin College and travel extensively abroad, ultimately living most of his adult years in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he never forgot his beloved Portland.
Years after his childhood, in 1855, he wrote "My Lost Youth" about his undiminished love for and memories of growing up in Portland. This exhibit, using the poem as its focus, will present the Portland of Longfellow's boyhood. In many cases the old photos will be followed by contemporary images of what that site looked like 2004.
Following the exhibit of 68 slides are five suggested lessons that can be adapted for any grade level, 3–12.