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Historical Items

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Item 54463

W.B. Adams on 7th Maine, Virginia, 1864

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1864 Location: Hallstown Media: Ink on paper

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Item 24633

W. Adams & Son Store, Limerick, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Limerick Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 10470

Columbia Street to Hammond Street, Bangor, ca. 1907

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1907 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 32036

11 Adams Place, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Lydia J. Adams Estate Style: Greek Revival Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 32322

9 Adams Place, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Lydia J. Adams Estate Style: Greek Revival Use: Dwelling - Two family

Item 32812

3 Adams Place, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Lydia J. Adams Estate Style: victorian - double house Use: Dwelling - Single family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 135757

Adam P. Leighton residence elevation, Portland, ca. 1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1903 Location: Portland Client: Adam P. Leighton Architect: Frederick A. Tompson, Architect

Item 116469

Leighton Block, Portland, 1915-1917

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1915–1917 Location: Portland Client: Adam P. Leighton Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.

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Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

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A Brief History of Colby College

Colby originated in 1813 as Maine Literary and Theological Institution and is now a small private liberal arts college of about 1,800 students. A timeline of the history and development of Colby College from 1813 until the present.

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Allen Building

"Allen Building Text by Adam and Griffin, students from Presque Isle Middle School Images from and the students X X The Allen Building is…"

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Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"Hanscom, who signed himself as a "traveling artist" on a circa 1860 ambrotype of Adam Winslow and his grandson Adam."

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 2

"… 1860-70 tintype, which reflected the changing building technology and changing agricultural practices of the period."

My Maine Stories

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Service in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan by MAJ Adam R. Cote
by Adam R. Cote

Military Service has had a deep impact my life

Story

Jim Murphy-living a multi-dimensional life
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Life influences: Irish/Quebec ancestry, seminary, Navy, community businesses and organizations.

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A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down