Maine Memory Network

Grand Trunk Station, Portland, 1938

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1938-08-13 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Trunk, New Sweden, 1860

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: 1860 Location: New Sweden Media: Wood, iron

Assessor's Record, 14 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Grand Trunk R.R. Use: Dock only

Assessor's Record, 48-68 Fore Street (rear), Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Grand Trunk Railroad Co. Use: Dock only

Grand Truck Railway Terminal, Portland, 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

House for Charles M. Hays on Cushing Island, Portland, 1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909 Location: Portland Client: Charles Melville Hays Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Guarding Maine Rail Lines

Black soldiers served in Maine during World War II, assigned in small numbers throughout the state to guard Grand Trunk rail lines from a possible German attack. The soldiers, who lived in railroad cars near their posts often interacted with local residents.

Power of Potential

The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (NFBPWC) held their seventh annual convention in Portland during July 12 to July 18, 1925. Over 2,000 working women from around the country visited the city.

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"… arrived over the weekend by train at the Grand Trunk Station on India Street. The convention was held at Portland City Hall (Merrill Auditorium)…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Duchess Anjoulene apple, Bangor, 1866

"… produced ten apples, color & size as below, the trunk of the tree as large as a mans fore finger the branches which had the fruit as large as a…"

The Point
by Norma K. Salway

In the summer, on the eastern shore of Songo, kids dove from a leaning tree

Peter Spanos fled the genocide in Turkey to Maine
by anonymous

Peter Spanos fled the Greek genocide in Smyrna in 1922, coming to Maine to work as a fruit peddler