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Keywords: John Locke

Historical Items

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Item 51824

Trophy presented to John Locke, 1900

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1900 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print

Item 26171

Locke Grammar School, Saco, 1909

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1909 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print

Item 26680

McArthur House, Saco, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 50796

74-76 Exchange Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Grace P., John R., Allan S. Locke Trustees Use: Store

Item 50797

78 Exchange Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Grace P., John R., Allan S. Locke Trustees Use: Offices

Item 36882

157-161 Clark Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Grace P., John R., Allan S. Locke, Trustees Use: Apartments

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111307

Central Maine Power Co. sub station, Augusta, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1920 Location: Augusta; Augusta Client: Central Maine Power Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 111235

Passamaquoddy Bay tidal power development, 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1935 Location: Eastport Client: Passamaquoddy Tidal Power Project Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Home Ties: Sebago During the Civil War

Letters to and from Sebago soldiers who served in the Civil War show concern on both sides about farms and other issues at home as well as concern from the home front about soldiers' well-being.

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The Irish on the Docks of Portland

Many of the dockworkers -- longshoremen -- in Portland were Irish or of Irish descent. The Irish language was spoken on the docks and Irish traditions followed, including that of giving nicknames to the workers, many of whose given names were similar.

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Shepard Cary: Lumberman, Legislator, Leader and Legend

Shepard Cary (1805-1866) was one of the leading -- and wealthiest -- residents of early Aroostook County. He was a lumberman, merchant, mill operator, and legislator.

Site Pages

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Bangor, 1849

"his rifile was encased to the lock his valise I carried to the exchange for he took his Guitar which was a valuable article to him for many years as…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - John Frank Stevens

"… building a high level canal with dams and locks instead of a sea level one like the French were trying to do."

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents

"… of the Dyer Library / Saco Museum Reverend Mason Locke Weems (1759-1825), best known for his imaginative biography of George Washington, entered…"

My Maine Stories

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A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down