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Keywords: Brown's Hill

Historical Items

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Item 80275

Letter to Sarah Tarbox from her future husband, 1840

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1840-08-22 Location: Westport Island; Readfield; Kents Hill Media: Ink on paper

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Item 33889

Inkwell, Ink Bottle, Wood Cut Block, Blue Hill, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc. Date: circa 1800 Location: Blue Hill Media: Glass, brown ceramic, wood, metal and paper

Item 79809

Letter to Sarah Tarbox from cousin Warren Brown, 1848

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1848-06-20 Location: Westport; Chepachet; Kennebunk Media: Ink on paper

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Tax Records

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Item 32300

77-79 Atlantic Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Max Brown Style: Greek Revival Use: Dwelling - Two family

Item 40969

77-79 Atlantic Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Max Brown Use: Store

Item 63887

14-16 Montreal Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Delia Brown Use: Dwelling - Single family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111670

Various mantel drawings for multiple clients, 1894-1907

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1894–1907 Location: Augusta Client: John F. Hill Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Home Ties: Sebago During the Civil War

Letters to and from Sebago soldiers who served in the Civil War show concern on both sides about farms and other issues at home as well as concern from the home front about soldiers' well-being.

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Graduation Season

Graduations -- and schools -- in the 19th through the first decade of the 20th century often were small affairs and sometimes featured student presentations that demonstrated what they had learned. They were not necessarily held in May or June, what later became the standard "end of the school year."

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Harry Lyon: An Old Sea Dog Takes to the Air

Through a chance meeting, Harry Lyon of Paris Hill became the navigator on the 1928 flight of the Southern Cross, the first trans-Pacific flight. His skill as a navigator, despite his lack of experience, was a key factor on the flight's success.

Site Pages

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Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 3 of 3

"Long Island: The Forgotten Community Brown & McAllister Granite Quarry, Blue Hill Bay, ca. 1890Jonathan Fisher Memorial, Inc."

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Music in Maine - Music and Television

"Astor grew up on Munjoy Hill in Portland. He was a World War II veteran and a lifelong member of Temple Beth El."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… passed through Thornton Heights (Skunk Hill), went along what we call the Pleasant Hill Road to Chamberlain Road, along Chamberlain to the Black…"

My Maine Stories

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Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall

Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.

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Langdon Burton and the Cold, Wet Tourists
by Phil Tedrick

A father and son have their vacation experience totally changed by an encounter with a fisherman

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Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan

Stories of growing up Downeast