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Item 14338

Helen Blake Estabrooks, Houlton, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1830 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 14319

Ebeneezer C. Blake, Houlton, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1870 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 21987

Samuel H. Blake, Bangor, 1842

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: 1842 Location: Hartford; Bangor Media: Carte de visite

Tax Records

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Item 85111

Blake property, S. Side Moss Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Rose K. Blake Use: Dwelling

Item 89213

Blake property, City Point Road S. side, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: W.L. & Co Blake Use: Dwelling

Item 89228

Blake property, N. Side Adams Street, Lot 25, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Charles W. Blake Use: Summer Dwelling

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109478

Residence of Messrs. Blake and Ham, corner of Main and High Streets, Lewiston, 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885 Location: Lewiston; Lewiston Client: Blake Architect: George M. Coombs

Item 109479

Cottage for Mr. J.A. Blake, Harpswell, 1901

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1901 Location: Harpswell; Boston Client: J. A. Blake Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Item 109704

Residence for John Kenney, Lewiston, 1893

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1893 Location: Lewiston Client: John Kenney Architect: George M. Coombs

Online Exhibits

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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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Freeland Holmes and Caroline Holmes, Foxcroft, ca. 1860

The Washburns of Livermore

Members of the Washburn family of Livermore participated in the Civil War in a variety of ways -- from Caroline at the homefront, to Samuel at sea, Elihu, as a Congressman from Illinois, and Israel governor of Maine. The family had considerable influence politically on several fronts.

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Ancestral canoe journey, Motahkomikuk (Indian Township), 2019

Redact: Obscuring the Maine Constitution

In 2015, Maliseet Representative Henry Bear drew the Maine legislature’s attention to a historic redaction of the Maine Constitution. Through legislation drafted in February 1875, approved by voters in September 1875, and enacted on January 1, 1876, the Sections 1, 2, and 5 of Article X (ten) of the Maine Constitution ceased to be printed. Since 1876, these sections are redacted from the document. Although they are obscured, they retain their validity.

Site Pages

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Madawaska Training School cheerleaders, Fort Kent, 1955

Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 8, pages 135-150

"Calvin Seavey Cornelius Sullivan P. M. Blake Cornelius Driscoll Philadelphia Convention George W. Ladd President Johnson Annie Martin performance…"