Keywords: Neal Block
Item 27937
Sagadahock National Bank, Bath, ca. 1876
Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: circa 1876 Location: Bath Media: Photographic print
Item 8132
North side of Water Street, Skowhegan, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1885 Location: Skowhegan; Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 64837
39 Neal Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Max Oransky Use: Garage
Item 64842
61 Neal Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: First Church of Christ the Scientist Use: Church
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.
Exhibit
Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye
The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.
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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Temperance Membership
"… have the honor of leading this glorious reform." Neal Dow, Spring 1846 X The Youth's Temperance Visitor Rockland, January 1861…"
