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Item 20505

Federal Street, Portland, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 31531

Post Office Square, State and Harlow Streets, Bangor, ca. 1949

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1949 Location: Bangor Media: Postcard

Item 33562

Bangor Post Office about 1900

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Bangor Media: Lantern slide

Tax Records

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Item 51746

175-179 Federal Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Gannett Building Co. Use: Offices & Printing Plant

Item 51760

212-224 Federal Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Abraham E Ross Use: Stores & Offices

Item 51770

234-238 Federal Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: James H McGlinchy Use: Stores & Offices

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110255

Waterville Federal Building and Post Office, Waterville, 1974-1975

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1974–1975 Location: Waterville Client: City of Waterville Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 110257

Waterville Federal Building and Post Office, Waterville, 1971-1974

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1971–1974 Location: Waterville Client: City of Waterville Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 116278

Office building on Exchange, Federal, and Market Streets, Portland, 1907

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1907 Location: Portland; Portland; Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Business and Professional Women at Grand Trunk station, Portland, 1925

Power of Potential

The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (NFBPWC) held their seventh annual convention in Portland during July 12 to July 18, 1925. Over 2,000 working women from around the country visited the city.

Exhibit

Lt. Charles Bridges request for coffins, Port Hudson, 1864

Lt. Charles Bridges: Getting Ahead in the Army

Sgt. Charles Bridges of Co. B of the 2nd Maine Infantry was close to the end of his two years' enlistment in early 1863 when he took advantage of an opportunity for advancement by seeking and getting a commission as an officer in the 3rd Regiment U.S. Volunteers.

Exhibit

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.

Site Pages

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Proposed Nordica Memorial Museum, Farmington, ca. 1920

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"As a naval reserve officer, Thomas served in naval intelligence in Portland during World War II. In this capacity, he died in 1944 at the age of…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Customs House

"Also, the building contained a room for federal judges, an office for the Port Surgeon and a room for the Merchant's Exchange and Board of Trade."

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Rendering for Irving C. Bailey Esq., Winthrop, 1883

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"… planning of such notable projects as the Muskie Federal Building in Augusta, the Forest Resources Building at the University of Maine in Orono, the…"