Magical History Tour 2019 - Maine Historical Society - Portland & Falmouth
The 2019 Magical History Tour, organized by the Maine Historical Society, took place on May 11. Take a look inside a few historic places that are not usually open to the public, plus some exteriors of other historic buildings in Portland and Falmouth. The places I visited on the tour were the Rainy Day Room of the Longfellow House; Portland High School; the Portland Masonic Temple; Swan Hall, a private residence that was once a Victorian boarding house; and the house where Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain lived his final years. I also took a few photos of the exteriors of the remaining places on the tour: the Portland Star Match Company building; the Twitchell-Champlin Company building; the Portland Main Post Office; and the Episcopal Church of St. Mary in Falmouth Foreside.
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Hometown Maine: Portland Fire Museum
There is so much history in the largest in the state, from its role in the Civil War to the home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, but a 19th century Independence Day fire could have leveled this city all together if not for the heroics of some of the
Please help, Congolese on fire.
Around 4pm fire department was called to fight fire on State st and Sherman st, Portland ME. A man was trapped inside on the fourth floor yelling: au secour au secour (please help please help)
A big thank you to the fire department.
Feb 20th 2012, 4pm
The Great Portland Fire
The Maine Historical Society presents a panel discussion on the Great Portland Fire. Moderator Herb Adams and panelists Early Shettleworth, Michael Daicey and Allan Levinsky trace the fire's orgin, path and aftermath of the event that reshaped Portland into the city it is today.
Maine State Museum: Kennebec Exploring with Bob Crowley
One of the not so hidden gems in the Maine State collection is the Maine State Museum; here Bob Crowley spend a little time talking with one of the docents about the amazing things you can do, see and experience at the Maine State Museum
The Living African Museum Part 1
Oscar Mokeme the Director of the Museum of African Culture discusses how Igbo masks and sculpture is used to communicate and teach. Presented at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, January 23, 2012.
Gov Baxter Day - Mayor Baxter Woods
Governor Baxter's Wilderness Legacy's Golden Anniversary Celebration. August 22, 2012. Portland, Maine.
Jeff Tarling, Portland Parks & Forestry Manager, and Baster State Park Director Jensen Bissell Dedicate Mayor Baxter Woods sign, with Walk the woods with Jeff Tarling. Herb Adams and Jeff give a history of the Baxter Woods.
Baxter Family members Scott Baxter, Griffin Baxter and Connie Baxter Marlow unveil the sign.
On August 6, 1962, former Governor Percival P. Baxter acquired the twenty-eighth and final parcel of land that would constitute, at the time of his death in l969, the 201,018-acre Baxter State Park. Up until 1962, his overtures to Great North- ern Paper Company for this 7,764-acre parcel in T2 R9 had been unsuccessful. This acquisition represented the fulfillment of an unstated goal of gifting to the State of Maine a wilderness park in excess of 200,000 acres. It also made possible the construction of three miles of new road linking Abol Campground with the newly constructed southern gatehouse at Upper and Lower Togue Ponds.
Since the Maine Legislature was not in session, Governor John H. Reed and the Executive Council accepted the deeded gift on September 5, 1962. In January 1963, legislative concurrence was se- cured, thereby ratifying and completing the formal record. Consequently, the core documents detailing the particulars of the gifting of this parcel, including the Deed of Trust, appear in the Private and Special Laws of 1963.
On the occasion of this gift, Baxter wrote to Governor John H. Reed: ... in my for- mal letter to Governor Gardiner in 1931, when my first gift was about 6,000 acres, I said, 'I expect some day to see my ambi- tion realized.' (Laws of Maine 1931). This brings to an end an interesting incident in Maine history.
With the donation of a 143-acre parcel at Katahdin Lake by Huber Resources LLC in January 2012, Baxter State Park now con- sists of 209,644 deeded acres. Previous additions at Togue Pond in 1992, along the West Branch Penobscot River in 1997, and at Katahdin Lake in 2006 account for the remaining acreage added since Governor Baxter's death. We celebrate the 50th anniversary of Governor Baxter's final gift of land for his beloved Baxter State Park on August 22, 2012, in Portland.
Friends of Baxter State Park is pleased to partner with Maine Historical Society, as well as Governor Baxter School for the Deaf, Baxter Family Mansion and Museum, Department of Conservation, Friends of Evergreen Cemetery, City of Portland Parks and Forestry Department, Baxter State Park, Portland Museum of Art, and Friends of the Eastern Promenade to cel- ebrate the 50th anniversary of Percival P. Baxter's final gift of land for his beloved Baxter State Park.
6 AM Visit Barrows Park Sundial for talk on James Phinney Baxter by Herb Adams
10 AM - 12 PM Guided hike of Mackworth Island Wildlife Sanctuary; Visit to Baxter School for the Deaf, Baxter Man- sion, and Museum. No video
12 - 1:30 PM Picnic at Mackworth Island with talk by Geologist Walter Anderson. No video
2 - 3 PM Visit to Baxter family plot at Evergreen Cemetery with Maine State Historian Earle Shettleworth -- No video
3:15 PM Dedication of Sign &Walk in Baxter Woods with Portland Parks & Forestry Manager Jeff Tarling and BSP Director Jensen Bissell
3:30 - 5 PM Frederic Church Exhibit at Portland Museum of Art, docent-guided tour. No Video.
5 - 6 PM Reception in Longfellow Garden at the Maine Historical Society in Portland • Welcome by Stephen Bromage, Maine Historical Society Executive Director •Greetings from the Baxter Family • Chat with Jensen Bissell, Baxter State
Park Director
6 - 8 PM Program in Shettleworth Lec- ture Hall at the Maine Historical Society in Portland • Newly released book Baxter State
Park and Katahdin by John Neff & Howard Whitcomb • A Theodore Roosevelt Salute toBaxter State Park by Joe Wiegand,
renowned TR Reprisor • Teddy Bear Auction -- Teddy Roosevelt. No video.
Camera: Connie Baxter Marlow
Thomaston Historical Society Presentation by Skip Brack
Curator Skip Brack of the Davistown Museum recently gave a presentation at the Thomaston, Maine Historical Society.
2018 Maine State Museum trains
Model trains roll through the Maine State Museum during annual holiday display by Maine 3 Railers.
SP 4449 Daylight to the Sacramento Railfair, 1981
The restored Southern Pacific Daylight 4-8-4 steam locomotive, #4449, pulls an excursion train of railfans from the Northwest Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society to the opening of the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento,CA in April, 1981. This video showcases the trip from Portland, OR to Sacramento and return.
See more action of SP 4449 en route to Railfair 1981 here:
This incredible 4-8-4 Northern locomotive also pulls the annual Holiday Express train along this same route every holiday season. It is a terrific trip for the whole family. You and the family can join Santa Claus and his elves for a magical ride behind Portland’s famous steam locomotives. Vintage rail cars transport you along the Willamette River in the heart of the city of Portland.
Built in 1941 as a 4-8-4 GS-4 locomotive, SP 4449 is the only remaining operable “streamlined” steam locomotive of the Art Deco era. This grand Lady of the High Iron pulled Southern Pacific “Daylight” coaches from Los Angeles to San Francisco over the scenic Coast Route and then on to Portland until 1955.
Retired to Oaks Park in 1958 for display only, many thought 4449 would never run again. In 1974 she was completely restored specifically to pull the 1976 Bicentennial American Freedom Train throughout the United States to the delight of over 30 million people. SP 4449 has also operated numerous excursions since. She is arguably one of the most beautiful locomotives ever built and kept that way by the all-volunteer Friends of SP 4449.
Kids Hike through History and inspire in historical village of South Berwick, Maine
How do we get our students to engage the past -- their own history as well as the history of the place they live -- when the sounds and images of our present lives continuously grabs their attention? That's just what Central Elementary School's Hike through History in South Berwick, Maine is all about. Students from Central Elementary School work with 8th graders from Marshwood Middle School to bring their 400-year history of their village to life. In collaboration with the Old Berwick Historical Society and hundreds of volunteers students create a day-long living history exhibit staged at sites in houses in the community surrounding the Central School. As stated by volunteer Dan Smith who let hundreds of kids flow through his meticulously restored Model A Ford, relentlessly beeping its horn, You learn by seeing, touching and hearing... [When] they actually see it, sit in it, beep the horn... it becomes real. And when it becomes real it sticks with them. Students not only bring the history to life they also record it, providing images and sounds for this video. From pirates to high wheel bikes to early automobiles students and community volunteers power the Hike through History with their own imaginations to bring the past alive today.
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Richard Judd-Mapping Maine’s History: The Historical Atlas of Maine
Join Dr. Richard Judd for a presentation about his work developing the newly published Historical Atlas of Maine. Dr. Judd is co-editor with Stephen Hornsby; Michael Hermann is the cartographic designer.
From the University of Maine Press: “After more than a decade of extensive research, the Historical Atlas of Maine presents in cartographic form the historical geography of Maine from the end of the last ice age to the year 2000. Organized in four chronological sections, the Atlas tells the principal stories of the many people who have lived in Maine over the past 13,000 years. The Atlas covers the history of Native peoples, European exploration and settlement, the American Revolution, Maine statehood, industrial development, and the rise of tourism and environmental awareness. To tell these stories, the Atlas presents a rich array of newly created maps, historical maps, paintings, graphs, and text. The result is not only a unique interpretation of Maine, but also a splendid visual record of the state’s history.”
Dr. Judd will describe the delights and frustrations of working on the Atlas project over its fifteen-year history, show some plates from the Atlas, explain some of the new digital approaches the team took in producing the Atlas, and discuss the Atlas’s contribution to understanding the history of the State of Maine.
The atlas is a 203 pages hardcover book with full-color plates, introductory texts, and full citations. It has been featured in the Portland Press Herald and the Bangor Daily News.
Co-sponsored by Schoodic Institute and the Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Top 10. Best Tourist Attractions in Bangor - Travel Maine
Top 10. Best Tourist Attractions and Beautiful Places in Bangor - Travel Maine: Cole Land Transportation Museum, Paul Bunyan Statue, Penobscot River Walkway, Penobscot Theatre, Mount Hope Garden Cemetery, Bangor City Forest, Bangor Mall, Bangor Historical Society and Thomas A. Hill House Museum, Maine Discovery Museum
First Parish Meeting Hall Portland Maine
What a great place! Great people, ideas, values
New England Trip 2014: Portland, ME
It's alright, we're tourists.
Two cousins travel the country, this time through the New England area. We started in South Carolina, drove north to Maine, headed west to Ohio, then made it back home. We covered fifteen states in nine days for this road trip.
This stop: Portland
We stopped in Portland to have some delicious lobster and see the observatory. Unfortunately, it was closed.
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Come Closer: Immigration in Maine
For more information and videos, check out Guestbook Project at guestbookproject.org
Almost 200 years after its founding, Maine’s horizon is full of change. Between 2002 and 2016, almost 4,000 refugees have resettled within its borders. Half of those came from Somalia seeking refuge from conflict. When immigrants are faced with resistance to their arrival, schools are places where their children can show their potential and contributions to their new communities.
How do young Mainers—some born in the US, some from abroad—understand themselves and their classmates through cultural and political change? In Come Closer: Immigration in Maine, filmmakers Claire Brunner and Sydney Avitia-Jacques ask four South Portland High School students to share their views and experiences.
This video was produced by Claire Brunner and Sydney Avitia-Jacques as part of Guestbook Project’s Exchanging Stories - Changing History initiative with assistance from Fernando Nascimento.
Thomaston's Museum in the Streets a step back in time
The town of Thomaston looks very much the same as it did in the 19th century, and the town's Museum in the Streets brings all that history to life.
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Clyde Walker Pierce, Jr. Oral History Segment - Portland Lewiston Interurban and Maine Trolleys
Clyde Walker Pierce, Jr. (1915-2011) - This is an edited segment of an interview that has been set to background images from postcards, illustrations, and a Portland Lewiston Interurban advertisement on white porcelain. Interview is used with permission. The picture-postcard of an interurban in a very rural setting is PLI No. 20, The Maine. The Marty Braun (Peaks Island, ME) illustration of the 1912 Portland Lewiston Interurban No. 14, Narcissus was commissioned by the Seashore Trolley Museum.
Colo. Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, was a passenger on the Narcissus on August 18, 1914 on a trip from Lewiston to Portland. The last image is an illustration that will be used to promote the fundraising event for the Narcissus being hosted at Seashore Trolley Museum on August 1st and 2nd 2015. go to trolleymuseum.org and click on special events for 2015 for more details.
The 1912 Narcissus is currently being restored at the Seashore Trolley Museum is in Kennebunkport, ME. For more information about the Narcissus and opportunities to make a donation, go to:
trolleymuseum.org/collection/narcissus.php
Leaded stained glass work for the 40 ornamental windows for the 1912 Portland Lewiston Interurban No. 14, Narcissus, will be completed in February 2015.
A story, by Patricia Erikson, featuriing the PLI and the Narcissus is in the June 2014 Portland Magazine's Summer Guide :
No. 14 (Narcissus) -- Portland Lewiston Interurban -- 1912 -- Wooden Interurban Coach by Laconia Car Company, Laconia, NH
• National -- National Register # 1980111480000262 (one of ten Maine railway vehicles listed)
• National -- Former President Theodore Roosevelt rode No. 14 on August 18, 1914
• State -- Only surviving railway equipment from the PLI
By: O. R. Cummings -
Maine's finest and fastest electric railway, the Portland Lewiston Interurban, commenced regular operation on Thursday, July 2, 1914, its 29.8 miles of main track extending almost due north from a connection with the Cumberland County Power & Light Company-leased Portland Railroad Company in Portland through West Falmouth, West Cumberland, Gray and the town of New Gloucester to Auburn and a connection with the Mechanic Falls line of the Lewiston, Augusta & Waterville Street Railway.
Because of interurban promoter W. Scott Libbey's desire that each car have a distinct personality and not be identified just by number, all six were named after flowers.
No. 10 was the Arbutus; No. 14, the Narcissus.
Each of the original cars was 46 feet long overall and 8 ft. ¾ in. wide and had steam coach roofs and straight vertically sheathed sides. There were seven arch windows -- six double sashes and one single sash -- on each side, the sashes being arranged to lift.
The arches above the sashes and the windows in the roof clerestory were glazed with ornamental leaded glass. The exterior livery was Pullman green with gray roofs and dark red doors and trim and gold leaf numbers and lettering.
The main passenger compartment in each car was 30 feet long and contained twenty 19 in. by 31-in. reversible transverse seats and two 18 in. by 32-in. longitudinal seats upholstered with green plush and accommodating 44 passengers. The six-foot smoking section had two 18 in.-wide leather-covered longitudinal seats for eight riders. According to the Electric Railway Journal of Sept. 25, 1915, the center isle in the main compartment was 24 in.-wide while that in the smoking section was 4 ft. 10 in. wide, the two areas being separated by a bulkhead having a central sliding door with ribbed glass panels. The interior finish was mahogany with ebony and holly decorations, and interlocking rubber tiling was used on the floors.
Quoting from the Journal:
Heiwado reversible seats are used and the cars are fitted with baggage racks. The end of each seat is provided with a leather ticket holder, eight holders also being attached to the inside sheathing, with four more in the smoking compartment.
(Although the cars were equipped for double end operation, they normally were run with the smoking compartment forward.
Some of the clerestory stained glass and frames for the Narcissus were provided by its sister interurban, No. 10 Arbutus, via the Shoreline Trolley Museum in Branford, CT.
After the closing of the PLI in 1933, The Arbutus was preserved as a completes operable vehicle and moved to the property of W. Scott Libbey's daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Libbey Anthony, in Camp Ellis, Saco, Maine until it was scrapped during WWll.
For additional information and donation opportunities, go to:
trolleymuseum.org/collection/narcissus.php
PayPal Donations Accepted - Email donations to finance@NEERHS.org In the message Box write: For Narcissus Fund 816A. New England Electric Railway Historical Society (NEERHS) is the 501c3 organization that owns and operates Seashore Trolley Museum.
DAY OF HISTORY AT THE MAINE STATE MUSEUM! 4.18.2017 | Bins Toy Bin Daily Vlogs
We check out the Maine State Museum in Augusta Maine, exhibits include Agriculture, Wildlife, Fishing, Logging, Trains, and more!
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Hometown Maine - Kennebunk's Brick Store Museum
In this weekend's Hometown Maine, WMTW News 8's Norm Karkos heads to the town of Kennebunk, home to beaches, a national wildlife refuge and its historic little village. Much of its unique past can be found in that very village in a building known as Subscribe to WMTW on YouTube now for more:
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