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Item 148234

Pearl Street Sewer extension, with engineers and pile driver, Portland, 1887

Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-07-09 Location: Portland Media: Photographic Print

Item 104420

Field day with chain saws, Troy, ca. 1942

Courtesy of Neil Piper, an individual partner Date: circa 1943 Location: Troy Media: Photographic print

Item 33858

Blue Hill Mountain fire tower, Blue Hill, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Blue Hill Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photograph on paper

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109336

Somerset County Cooperative Extension Service building, Skowhegan, 1977-1978

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1977–1978 Location: Skowhegan Client: Somerset County Cooperative Extension Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 148198

Opportunity Farm cow barn end framing, New Gloucester, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: New Gloucester Client: Opportunity Farm Association Architect: University of Maine Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Al Nutting inspecting Norway pine, Troy, ca. 1950

The Establishment of the Troy Town Forest

Seavey Piper, a selectman, farmer, landowner, and leader of the Town of Troy in the 1920s through the early 1950s helped establish a town forest on abandoned farm land in Troy. The exhibit details his work over ten years.

Exhibit

Fight or buy bonds, World War I poster, 1917

World War I and the Maine Experience

With a long history of patriotism and service, Maine experienced the war in a truly distinct way. Its individual experiences tell the story of not only what it means to be an American, but what it means to be from Maine during the war to end all wars.

Exhibit

Portland civil engineers surveying Pearl Street sewer, Portland, 1887

From Sewers to Skylines: William S. Edwards's 1887 Photo Album

William S. Edwards (1830-1918) was a civil engineer who worked for the City of Portland from 1876-1906. Serving as First Assistant to Chief Engineer William A. Goodwin, then to Commissioner George N. Fernald, Edwards was a fixture in City Hall for 30 consecutive years, proving indispensable throughout the terms of 15 Mayors of Portland, including all six of those held by James Phineas Baxter. Edwards made significant contributions to Portland, was an outstanding mapmaker and planner, and his works continue to benefit historians.

Site Pages

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Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… by EMHS who recognized the benefit of VNA’s extensive home-based network, now considered central to improving the health of our communities."

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Peleg Wadsworth deed of land to Stephen Longfellow, Portland, 1827

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Researching Your Home

"… house is unusual – it is richly supported by extensive records gathered by family members and placed in museum and library collections."

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Ellen, William Pitt Preble, and Stephen Longfellow, Portland, ca. 1853

Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society

"MHS’ early photography collection offers extensive insight into the history of the state of Maine, as well as to the development of photography as a…"