Category: Rail, Transportation
Item 13766
Commercial Street, Portland, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 14469
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Bus Service, 1957
Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: 1957 Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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.
