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Historical Items

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Item 9240

Diary of Thomas Lancaster, New Sharon

Contributed by: New Sharon Historical Committee Date: 1855–1867 Location: New Sharon Media: Paper

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Item 49680

Mary Lancaster Tompson, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Scarborough Media: Oil paint, canvas

Item 20260

Lancaster Hall, Portland, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 60021

83 Lancaster Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Delia E. Flaherty Use: Apartments

Item 60303

171 Lancaster Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Arthur D. Parkhurst Use: Apartments

Item 59981

25 Lancaster Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Novelty Rug Company Use: Factory

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109960

Ralph Lancaster hunting camp, 1978

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1978 Client: Ralph Lancaster Architect: Holmes A. Stockly; Stockly Associates

Item 116473

Cushman Baking Co., Portland, 1935-1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1935–1945 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Cushman Baking Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 110149

U.S. Post Office, Portland, 1932

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1932 Location: Portland; Portland Client: United States Post Office Architect: John Calvin Stevens John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Aroostook County Railroads

Construction of the Bangor and Aroostook rail lines into northern Aroostook County in the early twentieth century opened the region to tourism and commerce from the south.

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Samplers: Learning to Sew

Settlers' clothing had to be durable and practical to hold up against hard work and winters. From the 1700s to the mid 1800s, the women of Maine learned to sew by making samplers.

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A Riot of Words: Ballads, Posters, Proclamations and Broadsides

Imagine a day 150 years ago. Looking down a side street, you see the buildings are covered with posters and signs.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"Pat Carney Interview on Carney's Store Brooke Lancaster "Compare and contrast your topic in the past and in the present" Carney’s Store was first…"

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"Lancaster, a noted bridge builder from New Sharon, for $1,000 and lasted nearly 20 years. But on Saturday October 13, 1855, during the Strong…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"… Sm65w "I have seen my mother, as often as Parson Lancaster exchanged [pulpits] with my father, mix Holland gin and loaf sugar and warm it up for…"

My Maine Stories

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John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.