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Historical Items

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Item 16618

Oak Street, Sanford, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 9779

Bicycle Race at Oak Grove Park, Springvale, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print

Item 12272

Oak & Knight Store, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Caribou Public Library Date: circa 1895 Location: Caribou Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 38792

57 Oak Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Joseph Keegan Use: Lunch Cart

Item 67834

107 Oak Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Emma F. Gibbs Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 67816

33 Oak Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Roamn Catholic Bishop of Portland Use: Apartments

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109292

Oak Hotel additions & alterations, Presque Isle, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: Presque Isle Client: Oak Hotel Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 109819

Sketch of Offices for Messrs. Oakes, Pulsifer and Ludden, Auburn, 1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909 Location: Auburn Client: Oakes, Pulsifer and Ludden Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Item 109992

Apartment building for Charles Perry, 47-55 Oak St., Portland, ca. 1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1903 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Charles Perry Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Online Exhibits

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Indians at the Centennial

Passamaquoddy Indians from Washington County traveled to Portland in 1920 to take part in the Maine Centennial Exposition. They set up an "Indian Village" at Deering Oaks Park.

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Most Inconvenient Storm

A Portland newspaper wrote about an ice storm of January 28, 1886 saying, "The city of Portland was visited yesterday by the most inconvenient storm of the season."

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Summer's Favorite Game

Baseball often is called the National Pastime. For many people, baseball is encountered in the backyard and down the street, a game played by a few or the full contingent of a team.

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Oak Hotel

"But on April 12, 1975, the short life of the Oak Hotel came to an end when it burned down. It was never rebuilt."

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Boothbay Region Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral

"… where Knox’s tomb was located under his favorite oak. That Knox’s funeral was a major town event is attested to by the account submitted to Knox’s…"

My Maine Stories

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Peter Spanos fled the genocide in Turkey to Maine
by anonymous

Peter Spanos fled the Greek genocide in Smyrna in 1922, coming to Maine to work as a fruit peddler

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Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall

Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars