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Item 37310
158 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: James H McDonald Use: Store & Storage
Exhibit
Bookplates Honor Annie Louise Cary
A summer resident of Wayne collected more than 3,000 bookplates to honor Maine native and noted opera singer Annie Louise Cary and to support the Cary Memorial Library.
Exhibit
Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry
The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.
Site Page
Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid
"He endured all types of horrendous treatments, including blood-letting with blood suckers, and trying to stretch his body."
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
Story
"Mama sings 'get your hands up'": Maria's Diary June 2020
by Maria
Maria, 7 years old, records impressions of staying with her grandparents in Somesville in June 2020.
