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Historical Items

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Item 21427

Boat ramp, South Portland, ca. 1965

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Location: South Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 80345

Swimming at the steamboat slip, Friendship, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Friendship Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Friendship Media: Photographic print

Item 103529

Aerial view of Baxter Boulevard on-ramp, Portland, 1953

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1953-10-07 Location: Portland Media: Photographic Print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109305

Eastport Memorial Hospital drawings, Eastport, 1969-1974

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1969–1974 Location: Eastport Client: Eastport Memorial Hospital Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Online Exhibits

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Maine Medical Center, Bramhall Campus

Maine Medical Center, founded as Maine General Hospital, has dominated Portland’s West End since its construction in 1871 on Bramhall Hill. As the medical field grew in both technological and social practice, the facility of the hospital also changed. This exhibit tracks the expansion and additions to that original building as the hospital adapted to its patients’ needs.

Exhibit

Doing Good: Medical Stories of Maine

Throughout Maine’s history, individuals have worked to improve and expand medical care, not only for the health of those living in Maine, but for many around the world who need care and help.

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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.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Waterfront - Page 2 of 2

"Wharfs were used for launching boats off of a ramp. The boats that were launched from the wharf would occasionally transfer passengers from one place…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Riverside Park and Arboretum

"… multi-use area, playground and picnic areas, boat ramp, gazebo and more. An arboretum which contains more than 20 species of trees was established…"

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Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting

"There the ice blocks would run down a ramp, to be set by tons and stored until the summer. The process had a ramp, and they would use wooden boards…"