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Keywords: Development
Historical Items Showing 3 of 372 View All
Item 4175
Title: Plan of the City of Portland, 1837
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1837
Location: Portland
Media: paper
Item 4174
Title: Map of Portland and vicinity, 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1900
Location: Portland
Media: paper
Item 16295
Title: Fairview Water Works, Houlton, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum
Date: circa 1895
Location: Houlton
Media: Photograph
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Item 57474
Item 31992
Address: 8 A Street, Portland
Owner in 1924: Marial B. Soule
Style: victorian - double house
Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 31993
Address: 17-21 A Street, Portland
Owner in 1924: Abee Herman
Style: Second Empire
Use: Dwelling - Double House
Exhibits Showing 3 of 8 View All
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Sylvan Site: A Model Development
Frederick Wheeler Hinckley, a Portland lawyer and politician, had grand visions of a 200-home development when he began the Sylvan Site in South Portland in 1917. The stock market crash in 1929 put a halt to his plans, but by then he had built 37, no two of which were alike.
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Maine Through the Eyes of George W. French
George French, a native of Kezar Falls and graduate of Bates College, worked at several jobs before turning to photography as his career. He served for many years as photographer for the Maine Development Commission, taking pictures intended to promote both development and tourism.
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The boundaries of Maine are the product of international conflict, economic competition, political fights, and contested development. The boundaries are expressions of human values; people determined the shape of Maine.
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City of Portland Planning & Urban Development
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Site
An extensive history of a small central Maine town as compiled by team members from Guilford Historical Society and Piscataquis Community Middle School, with input from Guilford Memorial Library, Guilford Economic Development Board, and the Guilford’s town office. Manufacturing, festive events, historic buildings, notable veterans, and education, are covered in depth.
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The history of the smallest city in Maine as created by a team consisting of the Hallowell Area Board of Trade, Hubbard Free Library, The Row House, Vaughan Homestead Foundation, Hallowell Firemen’s Association, and students from Hall-Dale Middle School. Topics covered include: natural disasters, the granite industry and other industries central to the development of the city, firefighters and police, Hallowell’s contribution to modern medicine, the Kennebec River, and more.