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Historical Items

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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

Item 18072

Preble mansion, Congress Street, Portland, ca. 1856

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1856 Location: Portland 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 109988

House for Mr. F.F. Adams, 59 Brentwood St., Portland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Client: F. F. Adams Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

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

Item 109349

Residence for Mrs. Brooks Leavitt, Wilton, 1935-1951

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1935–1951 Location: Wilton; Wilton Client: Elizabeth Leavitt Architect: John Howard Stevens; John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

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.

Exhibit

In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age

"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.

Exhibit

A Day for Remembering

Most societies have had rituals or times set aside to honor ancestors, those who have died and have paved the way for the living. Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, is the day Americans have set aside for such remembrances.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"… tower of the Free Will Baptist Church on Casco Street and Commodore Edward Preble’s house at Congress and Preble Streets prior to its expansion…"

Site Page

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"… early outdoor photographs, as reflected in street scenes in South Paris and Athens. A South Paris tintype of about 1860 shows eleven members of the…"

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"… four daguerreotypes and an ambrotype of Portland streets scenes of the 1840s and 50s rank among the earliest photographs of the city."

My Maine Stories

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Story

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

Lesson Plans

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Lesson Plan

Portland History: "My Lost Youth" - Longfellow's Portland, Then and Now

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12 Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow loved his boyhood home of Portland, Maine. Born on Fore Street, the family moved to his maternal grandparents' home on Congress Street when Henry was eight months old. While he would go on to Bowdoin College and travel extensively abroad, ultimately living most of his adult years in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he never forgot his beloved Portland. Years after his childhood, in 1855, he wrote "My Lost Youth" about his undiminished love for and memories of growing up in Portland. This exhibit, using the poem as its focus, will present the Portland of Longfellow's boyhood. In many cases the old photos will be followed by contemporary images of what that site looked like 2004. Following the exhibit of 68 slides are five suggested lessons that can be adapted for any grade level, 3–12.