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Keywords: John Deere

Historical Items

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Item 17946

John Deere Model B tractor, Littleton, c. 1950

Contributed by: Bernard Stairs through Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Littleton Media: Metal, paing

Item 12953

John Deere seed potato cutter, Littleton, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Littleton Media: Steel

Item 12310

Capt. John W. Deering estate, Kennebunkport, 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1890 Location: Kennebunkport Media: Architectural drawing

Tax Records

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Item 76835

377-387 St. John Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Heirs of John W. Deering Use: Dwelling - Three Family

Item 76764

176-178 St. John Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Deering Ice Cream Company Use: Dwelling - Two family

Item 76767

176-178 St. John Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Deering Ice Cream Company Use: Ice House

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 116320

Capt. John Deering house, 1884-1919

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1884–1919 Location: Portland; Portland; Kennebunkport Client: John W. Deering Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 111576

House for Capt. John W. Deering, Kennebunkport, 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1890 Location: Kennebunkport Client: John W. Deering Architect: John Calvin Stevens

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

Online Exhibits

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John Dunn, 19th Century Sportsman

John Warner Grigg Dunn was an accomplished amateur photographer, hunter, fisherman and lover of nature. On his trips to Ragged Lake and environs, he became an early innovator among amateur wildlife photographers. His photography left us with a unique record of the Moosehead Lake region in the late nineteenth century.

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.

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Moosehead Steamboats

After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.

Site Pages

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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."

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"The Deering farm on the island included a cider press. X Wine Caster for a traveling case, ca."

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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."

My Maine Stories

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Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

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

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A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner

With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars