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Item 15918
F.A. Longfellow and sons, ca. 1849
Contributed by: NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Date: circa 1849 Location: Boston Media: Daguerreotype
Item 17055
Men's Group, Presque Isle, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Item 98966
1929-2013 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Riverton Realty Company Use: Amusement
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
Exhibit
In 1857, when Daniel Cough left Amoy Island, China, as a stowaway on a sailing ship from Mt. Desert Island he was on his way into history as the first Chinese person to make his home in Maine. He was soon followed by a cigar maker and a tea merchant who settled in Portland and then by many more Chinese men who spread all over Maine working mostly as laundrymen.
