Flashback
-
PublishedAugust 15, 2016
Flashback: South Portland’s Cash Corner in 1960
An aerial photograph from 1960 Portland Evening Express shows South Portland's Cash Corner neighborhood before its industrial development.
-
PublishedJuly 25, 2016
Flashback: Peaks to Portland swimmers, 1948 and 2014
In this Press Herald photograph from Aug. 8, 1948, contestants dash into the water near Jones Landing on Peaks Island for the annual Peaks to Portland race. Below, swimmers prepare for the starting line during the 2014 Peaks to Portland race.
-
PublishedJuly 4, 2016
Flashback: Fourth of July on the Eastern Promenade, 1978 and 2013
Two Press Herald photographs taken 35 years apart show Portlanders enjoying the park while waiting for the city's fireworks.
-
PublishedJune 20, 2016
Flashback: Lincoln Park before urban renewal
An aerial view of downtown Portland shows the city's Lincoln Park before it was cut down to size in a notorious urban renewal project.
-
PublishedJune 6, 2016
Flashback: Maine State Pier, 1958
A September 1958 Press Herald photograph shows the entrance to the Maine State Pier near Commercial Street at a time when the pier was still the region’s main cargo-shipping terminal.
-
PublishedMay 30, 2016
Flashback: East Deering before Interstate 295
An aerial view of the East Deering shorefront at the beginning of construction for Interstate 295.
-
PublishedMay 23, 2016
Flashback: Bayside before Interstate 295
Before the freeway sliced through Bayside, Back Cove extended nearly all the way to Deering Oaks park.
-
PublishedMay 9, 2016
Flashback: Gorham’s Corner (or is it Sullivan Square?) in 1945
A 1945 attempt to rename the junction of Center, Fore and York Streets at the edge of Portland's Old Port apparently didn't stick.
-
PublishedMay 2, 2016
Flashback: fiddlers in 1988 and 2014
A 1988 photo of fiddler Greg Boardman from the Portland Evening Express.
-
PublishedApril 11, 2016
Flashback: East Bayside in 1960
A Portland Evening Express photograph from July 1960 shows Cumberland Avenue before urban renewal.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 13
- Next Page →