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Item 154
Title: Albion K. Parris, Portland, ca. 1848
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1848
Media: Lithograph engraving
Item 7289
Item 7291
Title: Governor Burton M. Cross
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1952
Location: Augusta
Media: Photograph
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Maine Politicians, National Leaders
From the early days of Maine statehood to the present, countless Maine politicians have made names for themselves on the national stage.
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Surgeon General Alonzo Garcelon
Alonzo Garcelon of Lewiston was a physician, politician, businessman, and civic leader when he became Maine's surgeon general during the Civil War, responsible for ensuring regiments had surgeons, for setting up a regimental hospital in Portland, and generally concerned with the well-being of Maine soldiers.
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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.