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Title: Pepperell Mills boarding houses, Biddeford, ca. 1875

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library

Date: circa 1875

Location: Biddeford

Media: Stereograph card

Title: Smelt houses, Stroudwater, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: 1898

Location: Portland

Media: Glass negative

Title: Laconia Mills boarding houses, Biddeford, ca. 1895

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library

Date: circa 1895

Location: Biddeford

Media: Black and white photograph

Address: 11-13 Custom House Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: W.L. Blake & Co.

Use: Shop - Machine

Address: 7-11 Custom House Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: W.L. Blake & Co.

Use: Shed

Address: 9 Custom House Street (rear), Portland

Owner in 1924: W.L. Blake & Co.

Use: Storage

Farm-yard Frames

Throughout New England, barns attached to houses are fairly common. Why were the buildings connected? What did farmers or families gain by doing this? The phenomenon was captured in the words of a children's song, "Big house, little house, back house, barn," (Thomas C. Hubka Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn, the Connected Farm Buildings of New England, University Press of New England, 1984.)

Urban Renewal, Urban Removal

Urban renewal, a post World War II impulse to clean up "slums" and other blights in urban areas, led both to renewed economic activities in some cities and towns in Maine and the loss of a number of grand buildings. The loss of the structures helped prompt historic preservation efforts in the state.

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.

Skowhegan History House

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Ambajejus Boom House

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Blue Hill, Maine

The history of a small, but vibrant, Downeast village as told by an array of local institutions and organizations. Site contributors include Blue Hill Historical Society, Blue Hill Public Library, Blue Hill Consolidated School, George Stevens Academy, the Bay School, and the Jonathan Fisher House. Some of the topics covered include the arts, Jonathan Fisher, the Blue Hill Fair, Rusticators, the Civil War, education, and shipbuilding.