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Historical Items

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Item 5553

New Lisbon Falls School, 1956

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1956 Location: Lisbon Falls Media: Photographic print

Item 13332

Rapids above Jackson Falls, 1890

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1890-10-05 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 16351

Main Street of Lisbon Falls Burning, Lisbon Falls, 1901

Contributed by: Lisbon Historical Society Date: 1901-04-06 Location: Lisbon Falls Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 96589

218 Veranda Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Co Leesee of Portland Rumford Falls RR Use: Residence

Item 96590

218 Veranda Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Co Lessee of Portland Rumford Falls RR Use: Storage

Item 51570

48-54 Fall Brook Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Thomas Hassell Use: Dwelling - Single family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109755

Alterations in Baptist Church at Livermore Falls, Livermore Falls, 1902

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1902 Location: Livermore Falls Client: Livermore Falls Baptist Church Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Item 109890

Block for the Rumford Falls Trust Co., Rumford, 1922

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1922 Location: Rumford; Rumford Client: Rumford Falls Trust Co. Architect: Harry S. Coombs

Item 111238

Peirce Memorial Library, Standish, 1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1924 Location: Standish Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Jay & Livermore Falls, Pioneers in Paper Making

Alvin Record and Hugh J. Chisholm were instrumental in building paper mills in Jay, Livermore, and Livermore Falls. The two industrialists helped make the towns prosperous.

Exhibit

Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

Exhibit

Northern Threads: The rise and fall of the gigot sleeve

A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring the balloon-like gigot sleeve of the 1830s.

Site Pages

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Island Falls Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Steep Falls Library

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - E. S. Dingley Corn Shop crew and huskers, Farmington Falls, ca. 1900

"Dingley Corn Shop crew and huskers, Farmington Falls, ca. 1900 Contributed by Farmington Historical Society Description Women and men are…"

My Maine Stories

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I'm fortunate to live in Livermore Falls
by Kenny Jacques

I've seen a lot of changes in Livermore Falls, and hope we will reinvent again soon.

Story

Nemo's Nightmare of World War I
by Mike and Bryan Luciano

Franklyn J. "Nemo" Burbank of Livermore Falls was our ancestor who fought in World War I.

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Tammy Ackerman: Falling in love with Biddeford
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

Someone "from away" who fell in love with Biddeford and contributed to its transformation