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Historical Items

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Item 12198

Steamboat Wharf, Orr's Island, 1946

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1946 Location: Harpswell Media: Photographic print

Item 12195

Bayview House, Orr's Island, ca. 1889

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1889 Location: Harpswell Media: Photograph, print

Item 6508

Mascot Hotel, Orr's Island, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Harpswell Media: Photoprint

Tax Records

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Item 83605

Orr property, N. Side Sunset Road, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Friederich G. Orr Use: Dwelling

Online Exhibits

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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.

Site Pages

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Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"… in 1959 where Cox joined Charlie Gilliam of Orrs Island, and formed the Blue Mountain Boys. Performing around Maine for 20 years, the Blue Mountain…"