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Historical Items

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Item 11968

Filling in Back Cove, Portland, part 2, 1837-2003

Contributed by: City of Portland Dept. of Public Works Date: 1837–2003 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 11966

Filling Back Cove, Portland, 1837-2003

Contributed by: City of Portland Dept. of Public Works Date: 1837 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper, map

Item 11967

Back Cove fill history, Portland, 1837-2003

Contributed by: City of Portland Dept. of Public Works Date: 2003 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper, map

Tax Records

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Item 52693

Assessor's Record, 240 Franklin Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Back Bay Motor Boat Club Use: Club House

Item 52692

240 Franklin Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Back Bay Motor Boat Club Use: Club House

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111589

George B. Morrill house, Portland, 1904-1919

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904–1919 Location: Portland Client: George B. Morrill Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Jameson & Wotton Wharf, Friendship

Since 1897, the Jameson & Wotton Wharf in Friendship has been an important addition to the community on Muscongus Bay. The wharf, which is accessible at all tides, was a steamboat stop for many years, as well as important to the lobster business.

Exhibit

Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

Exhibit

A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915

After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.

Site Pages

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Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… Twentieth Century Scenic view of Patten Bay, Surry, ca. 1960Surry Historical Society Changes By 1950, Surry's population had dropped to 448…"

Site Page

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… characterizes Surry's Friends of Morgan Bay who have worked tirelessly with the Blue Hill Heritage Trust to conserve 23 acres at the head of Morgan…"

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Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"Patten's Bay, Patten's Pond and Patten's Pond Stream were named after him. In Samuel Wasson's Journal of East Surry, he attributes Jonathan Flye, an…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

The Joys of Kayaking - Pam's Story
by Pam Ferris-Olson

Pam has kayaked in many special places but her fondest memories are being made on Casco Bay

Story

A Smart Horse
by Lynn Peasley Sanborn

The horse brings the hay home while the boys are swimming.

Story

August 12, 1967 was the most significant day of my life
by Bob Small

How the Vietnam war affected my life