Keywords: Baker Building
Item 31094
Baker's Garage, Scarborough, 1928
Contributed by: An individual through Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Date: circa 1928 Location: Scarborough Media: Photographic print
Item 31204
Industrial School for Girls, Winthrop Hill, Hallowell, ca. 1919
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1919 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Item 83900
Baker property, N. Side Torrington Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Harry E. Baker Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 89824
Baker property, S. Side Central Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Alice M. Baker Use: Dwelling
Exhibit
Rebecca Usher: 'To Succor the Suffering Soldiers'
Rebecca Usher of Hollis was 41 and single when she joined the Union nursing service at the U.S. General Hospital at Chester, Pennsylvania. Her time there and later at City Point, Virginia, were defining experiences of her life.
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block
"There was a Miss Jean L Baker from 1991-1999, and Mr. Pat Hennin, who owned Wood Butcher tools from 1991-1999, and a Century 21 real estate business…"
Site Page
Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Olof Nylander, 1864-1943
"Olof Nylander, 1864-1943 Nylander & Baker X Olof Olson Nylander was born on the 14th of June in 1864 in Ysted, Sweden."
Story
Senator Susan Deschambault: not afraid to take on challenges
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project
Honoring her family's small business roots and community service through her own unconventional path
Story
Sarah Jane Poli: Biddeford’s first female school superintendent
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
An Italian immigrant's daughter is key to a family grocery store and a leader in the school system
