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Historical Items

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Item 108666

Cumberland County Court House, Portland, ca. 1850

Courtesy of Douglas Noble, an individual partner Date: circa 1850 Location: Portland Media: photograph

Item 17239

County Building, Auburn, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Auburn Media: Stereograph

Item 35949

Jail House at Norridgewock, about 1865

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1865 Location: Norridgewock Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111984

Somerset County Court House, Skowhegan, 1873-1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1873–1904 Location: Skowhegan Client: Somerset County Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

Exhibit

Lincoln County through the Eastern Eye

The Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography collections include nearly 50,000 glass plate negatives of images for "real photo" postcards produced by the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast. This exhibit features postcards from Lincoln County.

Exhibit

Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye

The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahoc County Courthouse

"… County Courthouse, located in Bath, the county seat, serves the following towns: Bath, Arrowsic, Georgetown, Woolwich, West Bath, Phippsburg…"

Site Page

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… floor, new locker rooms, showers and plenty of seating for fans. That same building would host Town Meetings, Charity Balls for the Hospital…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… up with concrete walks, granite steps and iron seats. On July 17, 1904, the Hallowell Granite Company installed the Replica of the Gettysburg’s…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.