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Historical Items

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Item 35106

York Light & Heat Company explosion, Biddeford, 1900

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1907-09-03 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 1137

Kimball Stock Certificate, 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1896-02-08 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Item 1138

Reverse of Stock Certificate, 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1896-02-08 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Tax Records

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Item 34920

Assessor's Record, 67- 69 Brentwood Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: William E Dodge Use: Office & Heating Plant

Item 53376

145 Fore Street (rear), Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Thomas Laughlin Company Use: Heating Plant

Item 56111

Assessor's Record, 1494 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Lewis W. Phinney Use: Heating Plant

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110103

House and garage for the Misses Talfourd, Ogunquit, 1929

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1929 Location: Ogunquit Client: Mrs. Talfourd Architect: John P. Thomas

Item 111765

The Portland Club heating plans, Portland, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1923 Location: Portland Client: The Portland Club Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 109149

Residence for Mr. & Mrs. H. Stearns, Waterville, 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1950 Location: Waterville Client: Herbert Sterns Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Online Exhibits

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Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.

Exhibit

Canning: A Maine Industry

Maine's corn canning industry, as illuminated by the career of George S. Jewett, prospered between 1850 and 1950.

Exhibit

Back to School

Public education has been a part of Maine since Euro-American settlement began to stabilize in the early eighteenth century. But not until the end of the nineteenth century was public education really compulsory in Maine.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Historic Hallowell - Day 4 - Page 1 of 3

"For heat some people sat in their cars which is a big danger because you might get carbon monoxide poisoning."

Site Page

Historic Hallowell - Energy

"By 1930, most people had electrical lighting. For heating, they used coal stoves, fireplaces, wood stoves and hot air furnaces."

Site Page

Historic Hallowell - St. Matthew's Episcopal Church and the Hubbard Free Library

"But branches and power lines were down and the heat and electricity was off. Q: Did people still go to church? A: Yes, they still had services by…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Finding and cooking fiddleheads with my parents
by Brian J. Theriault

My father has been picking and eating fiddleheads almost all his life, Mom prepares and stores them

Story

One View
by Karen Jelenfy

My life as an artist in Maine.

Story

making light
by David Johansen

My relationship with Maine and how and why I make neon lights here.