Keywords: Sheriff
Item 22536
Deputy Sheriff Thomas Rankin of Alfred, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Alfred Historical Committee Date: circa 1900 Location: Alfred Media: Photographic print
Item 18977
Elmer G. Bryson, Houlton, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 42582
Assessor's Record, 153 Cumberland Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Joseph Sheriff Use: Garage
Item 42172
467-469 Cumberland Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Morris Sheriff Use: Dwelling - Three Family
Item 109597
Plans for House and Jail, Farmington, 1887-1916
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1887–1916 Location: Farmington Client: Franklin County Architect: George M. Coombs; Coombs and Gibbs Architects
Exhibit
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 <em>Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn, the Connected Farm Buildings of New England,</em> University Press of New England, 1984.)
Exhibit
This collection of images portrays many buildings in Sanford and Springvale. The images were taken around the turn of the twentieth century.
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Lincoln, Maine - Post Office, Lincoln, Built in 1856
"… a Justice of the Peace, a Selectman, the Deputy Sheriff in 1852 and Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue during the Civil War."
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Historic Hallowell - City Marshals
"He was assigned the duties of deputy sheriff of Kennebec County in 1901 and City Marshal of Hallowell."
