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Portland Public's Entrance. Visitors are greeted by The Little Water Girl which has been at the Library since 1979. Portland Public Library is the main library of the public library system in Portland, Maine, USA. It is located at 5 Monument Square on Congress Street in the Old Port of Portland, Maine.
The Baxter Building circa 1905. The Baxter Building is an historic building located at 619 Congress Street in downtown Portland, Maine.Completed in 1888, it served as the Portland Public Library from its founding until 1978, when the Library moved to another location on Congress Street.
The Portland Library Society (1763–1826) or Portland Library was a subscription library in Portland, Maine. [1] The library "was originally established in 1763. It was revived in 1786, and re-established in 1806." [2] Samuel Freeman served as librarian ca.1785-1807; [3] [4] [5] followed by Oliver Bray (ca.1812-1817). [6] [7] New members were ...
Historic images related to Portland (via Maine Memory Network) "Timeline: Selected Events in Maine History". Maine Memory Network. Maine Historical Society. John French. "Portland Maine History 1786 to Present" – via Facebook. Works related to Portland, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America
Portland (/ ˈ p ɔːr t l ə n d / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County.Portland's population was 68,408 at the 2020 census. [4]
The following list of Carnegie libraries in Maine provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in Maine, where 18 public libraries were built from 18 grants (totaling $241,450) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1912. In addition, academic libraries were built at 2 institutions (totaling $70,000).
The History of Portland, Maine, begins when Native Americans originally called the Portland peninsula Məkíhkanək meaning "At the fish hook" in Penobscot [1] [2] and Machigonne (meaning "Great Neck") [3] in Algonquian. The peninsula and surrounding areas were home to members of the Algonquian-speaking Aucocisco branch of the Eastern Abenaki ...
Albert Brenner Glickman Family Library, Portland Maine. The Albert Brenner Glickman Family Library (formerly the Portland Campus Library) is an academic library operated by the University of Southern Maine on its campus in Portland, Maine. The building, which stands 7 stories tall, was dedicated by Governor Angus King in October 1997. It was ...