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Item 122949

Plymouth Company Records, box 10/5, 1798–1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1798–1800 Location: Augusta; Dresden; Hallowell; Mount Vernon; Readfield; Vassalboro; Washington; Winslow Media: Ink on Paper

Item 122878

Plymouth Company Records, box 5/10, ca. 1804

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1804 Location: Canaan; Norridgewock Media: Ink on Paper

Item 112092

Pejepscot Company Records, Volume 10, 1670-1840

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1670–1840 Location: Brunswick; Harpswell Media: Ink on paper

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 116393

Emery house, Ellsworth, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Ellsworth; Hancock Client: L. A. Emery Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Indians at the Centennial

Passamaquoddy Indians from Washington County traveled to Portland in 1920 to take part in the Maine Centennial Exposition. They set up an "Indian Village" at Deering Oaks Park.

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Working Women of the Old Port

Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.

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Colonial Cartography: The Plymouth Company Maps

The Plymouth Company (1749-1816) managed one of the very early land grants in Maine along the Kennebec River. The maps from the Plymouth Company's collection of records constitute some of the earliest cartographic works of colonial America.