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Historical Items

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Item 27823

Toll Bridge, Thomaston, 1870

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1870 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 27844

Schooner Nancy Hanks, Thomaston, ca. 1918

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 26297

Baring Brothers Launch, Thomaston 1877

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1877 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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State of Mind: Becoming Maine

The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?

Site Pages

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Edward O'Brien moves to Thomaston - 1850s

"Portrait of Edward O'Brien, Thomaston, Maine c 1870Thomaston Historical Society In the 1850s Edward O’Brien moved his shipyard business from Warren…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - A word of thanks

"… Dina Mendros Emily Morrison Sharon Mrowka Marie O'Brien Dora St.Martin Sue Souliere Britton Wolf Abbe Museum Dyer Library/Saco Museum Hudson…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"John Bailey to Edward E. O'Brien, Thomaston, 1861Thomaston Historical Society At the outbreak of the Civil War, shipbuilding again declined."