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Historical Items

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Item 100223

High school, Rockland, ca. 1875

Contributed by: Rockland Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Rockland Media: Stereograph

Item 100112

High School building, Rockland, ca. 1875

Contributed by: Rockland Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Rockland Media: Half Stereo View, stereograph

Item 100140

Gay Street schoolhouse, North Main Street, Rockland, ca. 1875

Contributed by: Rockland Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Rockland Media: Stereograph

Tax Records

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Item 73803

101 Rockland Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Estate of Frank Lewis Shaw Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 73816

22 Rockland Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Elinor G. Tasker Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 73804

102 Rockland Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Maynard F. Frost Use: Dwelling - Single family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110111

Additions and Alterations for the Camden Rockland Water Company, Rockland, ca. 1923

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1923 Location: Rockland Client: Camden Rockland Water Co. Architect: John P. Thomas

Item 116286

John Bird Co. block, Rockland, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Rockland Client: John Bird Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 109093

North Elementary School, Rockland, 1952-1955

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1952–1955 Location: Rockland Client: Town of Rockland Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Online Exhibits

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Promoting Rockland Through a Stereopticon, 1875

Frank Crockett and photographer J.P. Armbrust took stereo views of Rockland's downtown, industry, and notable homes in the 1870s as a way to promote tourism to the town.

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The Trolley Parks of Maine

At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.

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Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador

"The Bowdoin Boys" -- some students and recent graduates -- traveled to Labrador in 1891 to collect artifacts, specimens, and to try to find Grand Falls, a waterfall deep in Labrador's interior.

Site Pages

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Rockland Historical Society

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

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"… this Exhibit Eaton, Cyrus History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Hallowell, ME: Masters, Smith & Co., Printers 1865 Eaton, Cyrus…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Sources

"… this Exhibit Eaton, Cyrus History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston, Hallowell, ME: Masters, Smith & Co., Printers 1865 Eaton, Cyrus…"

My Maine Stories

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2020 Sheltering in Place Random Notes During COVID-19
by Phyllis Merriam, LCSW

Sheltering-in-Place personal experiences in mid-coast Maine (Rockland) during March and April 2020

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William Manning in conversation with Christopher Crosman
by William Manning and Christopher Crosman

A conversation between an artist and art historian

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North Atlantic Blues Festival
by Paul Benjamin

The history of the North Atlantic Blues Festival