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Keywords: Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Historical Items

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Item 35631

Map of the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850 Location: Portsmouth; Kittery Media: Ink on paper

Item 76574

Androscoggin No. 2, Portsmouth, N.H., 1938

Contributed by: Town of Topsham Date: 1938-08-06 Location: Portsmouth; Topsham Media: Postcard

Item 23673

Aerial view of Portsmouth, 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1923 Location: Kittery; Portsmouth Media: Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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Patriotism Shared

Post office clerks began collecting strong red, white, and blue string, rolling it onto a ball and passing it on to the next post office to express their support for the Union effort in the Civil War. Accompanying the ball was this paper scroll on which the clerks wrote messages and sometimes drew images.

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History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways

Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.

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A Tour of Sanford in 1900

This collection of images portrays many buildings in Sanford and Springvale. The images were taken around the turn of the twentieth century.

Site Pages

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"1900 Portsmouth, New Hampshire Courtesy of The Great State of Maine Beer Book, Will Anderson MHS QJ M 338.476633 An24 Frank Jones ran the largest…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… that he married Stella Langford of Rochester, New Hampshire. Lewis Litchfield, Scarborough, ca."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"John Wentworth John Wentworth was Born in Portsmouth New Hampshire, was a Surveyor of the Kings Woods and served as Lieutenant Governor from…"