Keywords: Ammi Young
Item 78968
Marine Hospital, Portland, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Greater Portland Landmarks Date: circa 1925 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 33562
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Bangor Media: Lantern slide
Exhibit
Art of the People: Folk Art in Maine
For many different reasons people saved and carefully preserved the objects in this exhibit. Eventually, along with the memories they hold, the objects were passed to the Maine Historical Society. Object and memory, serve as a powerful way to explore history and to connect to the lives of people in the past.
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Temperance Membership
"Women, like the the young women pictured in "Daughters of Temperance", wore sashes or collars over their simple silk "everyday" dresses."
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking Implements
"… of First Parish Falmouth (now Portland) by 21 young men of the parish in 1775 at a time when most physicians still considered alcohol to be a…"