Keywords: ship name
Item 20177
Ship William Witherle, Castine, 1851
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1851 Location: Castine Media: Photographic print
Item 104716
Ship "Fannie Tucker," ca. 1875
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Wiscasset Media: Oil on canvas
Item 37313
175-181 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Chrales F. Guptill Co. Use: Store
Item 37298
128-130 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Marcia W. Rackleff et als Use: Store Building
Exhibit
South Portland's Wartime Shipbuilding
Two shipyards in South Portland, built quickly in 1941 to construct cargo ships for the British and Americans, produced nearly 270 ships in two and a half years. Many of those vessels bore the names of notable Mainers.
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.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers
"Schooners, Steamers, Ships and Tankers Della Collins, Eastern Steamship Company Wharf, Kennebec River, Hallowell, ca."
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping
"Henry Knox: Shipping Shipping the goods that he was producing was an important part of Knox’s business dealings."
Story
Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne
Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII
Story
A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner
With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.