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Keywords: Calais

Historical Items

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Item 21200

Calais Street Railway Car #3, Calais, 1909

Contributed by: St. Croix Historical Society Date: 1909 Location: Calais Media: Postcard

Item 75115

Class of 1931, Calais Academy

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1931 Location: Calais Media: Contact print from 5x7-inch negative

Item 21197

Calais Street Railway car on Main Street, Calais, ca. 1900

Contributed by: St. Croix Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Calais Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109199

Arthur Unobskey apartment layout, Calais, 1948

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1948 Location: Calais Client: Arthur Unobskey Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 109215

Dead River Company service station alterations, Calais, 1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1947 Location: Calais Client: Dead River Company Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 109537

Plans of Convent School fo Father Conlon, Calais, 1884-1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1884–1885 Location: Calais Client: Conlon, Architect: George M. Coombs

Online Exhibits

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Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

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Trolley Travel

Trolleys were the cleanest and most efficient means of mass transit Maine has ever known.

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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.

Site Pages

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St. Croix Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"… in the 1760s along the coast between Castine and Calais. The population of colonial America was doubling with each generation."

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Music in Maine - HEAR

"… Anthropologist Jesse Walter Fewkes traveled to Calais, Maine in March 1890 to test inventor Thomas Edison’s new phonograph in field conditions."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Translating 1890 Passamaquoddy Wax Cylinders
by Dwayne Tomah

Dwayne Tomah (Passamaquoddy) discusses the importance of 1890 recordings

Story

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.