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Keywords: Mechanics
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Item 78837
Title: Mechanics Institute of Rumford, ca. 1911
Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society
Date: 1911
Location: Rumford
Media: black and white photograph
Item 79386
Title: Mechanics Institute Officers, Rumford, 1911
Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society
Date: 1911-11-09
Location: Rumford
Media: booklet/ink on paper
Item 79711
Title: Lounging Room, Mechanics Institute, Rumford, 1911
Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society
Date: 1911-11-09
Location: Rumford
Media: booklet/ink on paper
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Item 38597
Address: 517-519 Congress Street, Portland
Owner in 1924: Maine Charitable Mechanics Association
Use: Stores & Offices
Item 62622
Item 54068
Address: 14 Mechanic Street, Portland
Owner in 1924: Portland Female Prov. Association
Use: Dwelling - Single family
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Exhibit
A Celebration of Skilled Artisans
The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, an organization formed to promote and support skilled craftsmen, celebrated civic pride and members' trades with a parade through Portland on Oct. 8, 1841 at which they displayed 17 painted linen banners with graphic and textual representations of the artisans' skills.