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Item 135685

Town of Deering, Record of Naturalization Papers, 1873–1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1873–1898 Location: Deering Media: ink on paper

Item 26836

Frank Cutter Deering, Saco, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1940 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print

Item 39933

Deering Mansion, Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Tax Records

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Item 49258

475 Deering Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Charles W Foster Use: Garage

Item 49053

61 Deering Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Antonio Forgione Use: Garage

Item 48816

11 Deering Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Sarah G Wheeler Use: Dwelling - Single family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110009

House for W.W. Mitchell at 257 Deering Ave., Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Client: W. W. Mitchell Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Item 109395

House for Philip J. Deering, Portland, ME, 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Portland Client: Philip J. Deering Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 109396

Residence for Mr. Philip J. Deering, 100 Vaughan St., Portland, 1911

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1911 Location: Portland Client: Philip J. Deering Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Indians at the Centennial

Passamaquoddy Indians from Washington County traveled to Portland in 1920 to take part in the Maine Centennial Exposition. They set up an "Indian Village" at Deering Oaks Park.

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

Walker Memorial Library, Westbrook, 1943

Hunting Season

Maine's ample woods historically provided numerous game animals and birds for hunters seeking food, fur, or hides. The promotion of hunting as tourism and concerns about conservation toward the end of the nineteenth century changed the nature of hunting in Maine.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents

"X Permit for Nathaniel Deering of Portland to sell liquor, 4 February 1788 Collections of Maine Historical Society Coll. 951, vol."

Site Page

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"Originally located in Portland's Deering Oaks Park, the statue was moved to the courtyard of the Portland Public Library in 1979."

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

"… wounding several and killing John Robbins of Deer Isle. The incident brought calls to hang Dow, but subsequent inquiries did not lead to a trial."