Keywords: waterfront
Item 10998
Waterfront, Portland, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 66635
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Naples Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 37218
Assessor's Record, 9 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Morris E Finn Use: Office
Item 37229
11 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: William N Thaxter Use: Stable
Item 151347
House for Frank S. Strout, South Portland, 1929
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1929 Location: South Portland Client: Frank S. Strout Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye
The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.
Exhibit
The Irish on the Docks of Portland
Many of the dockworkers -- longshoremen -- in Portland were Irish or of Irish descent. The Irish language was spoken on the docks and Irish traditions followed, including that of giving nicknames to the workers, many of whose given names were similar.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 1 of 2
"So in time, the waterfront was used less and less. Now the waterfront is only used for recreational fun and pleasure."
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront
"… on what was going on on Portland's busy working waterfront entitled "Along the Waterfront", often with accompanying photographs."
Story
Maine and the Atlantic World Slave Economy
by Seth Goldstein
How Maine's historic industries are tied to slavery
Story
An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania
Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021
