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Item 12981

Lilian Washburn with cow, Livermore, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: circa 1900 Location: Livermore Media: Photographic print

Item 71163

Livermore Falls bird's-eye view, 1889

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: 1889 Location: Livermore Falls Media: Ink on paper, lithograph

Item 34725

Norlands Library, Livermore, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Livermore Media: Cyanotype, cotton

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 109754

Alterations in the bank of the Livermore Falls Trust and Banking Co., Livermore Falls, 1928- 1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1928–1947 Location: Livermore Falls Client: Livermore Falls Trust and Banking Company Architect: Harrry S. Coombs

Item 109897

Building for Mr. I.G. Sharaf & Alterations in the Bank of the Livermore Falls Trust and Banking Co., Livermore Falls, 1899-1928

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1899–1928 Location: Livermore Falls Clients: I. G. Sharaf; Livermore Falls Trust Company Architect: Harry S. Coombs; Coombs, Gibbs, and Wilkinson Architects

Online Exhibits

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Otis Falls Pulp & Paper Mill, Livermore Falls, ca. 1896

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.

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Freeland Holmes and Caroline Holmes, Foxcroft, ca. 1860

The Washburns of Livermore

Members of the Washburn family of Livermore participated in the Civil War in a variety of ways -- from Caroline at the homefront, to Samuel at sea, Elihu, as a Congressman from Illinois, and Israel governor of Maine. The family had considerable influence politically on several fronts.

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Pulp pile, St. Croix Paper Co., Woodland, ca. 1910

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.

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Cottage baby with student nurse, Farmington, ca. 1947

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"Although surveyor Samuel Livermore was instructed to lay out each of the six townships, “six miles in extent on the sea coast, and no more,” Surry's…"