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Historical Items

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Item 79632

Time Clock, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum Date: circa 1910 Media: Wood, metal

Item 148504

Tombstone Every Mile, 1966

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1966 Media: Phonograph record

Item 55121

Miriam MacMillan recording on 'Bowdoin,' 1947

Contributed by: Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center Date: 1947 Location: Siorapadoo Media: Photo negative

Tax Records

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Item 38574

465-471 Congress Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: State Loan Company Use: Bank & Offices

Item 38575

473-477 Congress Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Preble Corporation Use: Stores & Offices

Item 32706

148 Bolton Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Everett Building Co. Style: Italianate Use: Dwelling - Two family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 116275

Church of the New Jerusalem, Portland, 1908-1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1908–1945 Location: Portland; Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 116475

First Baptist Church, Portland, 1907

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1907 Location: Portland Client: First Baptist Church Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 116605

Professor Woodruff house, Brunswick, 1906-1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1906–1947 Location: Brunswick Client: Frank Edward Woodruff Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Otis Falls Pulp & Paper Mill, Livermore Falls, ca. 1896

Jay & Livermore Falls, Pioneers in Paper Making

Alvin Record and Hugh J. Chisholm were instrumental in building paper mills in Jay, Livermore, and Livermore Falls. The two industrialists helped make the towns prosperous.

Exhibit

Trustees' Office, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, ca. 1915

In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age

"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.

Exhibit

Passing the Time: Artwork by World War II German POWs

In 1944, the US Government established Camp Houlton, a prisoner of war (POW) internment camp for captured German soldiers during World War II. Many of the prisoners worked on local farms planting and harvesting potatoes. Some created artwork and handicrafts they sold or gave to camp guards. Camp Houlton processed and held about 3500 prisoners and operated until May 1946.