Keywords: Rough housing
Item 23728
Boys wrestling, North Sebago, 1921
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1921 Location: Sebago Media: Glass Negative
Item 36018
The oldest house in Skowhegan, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1920 Location: Skowhegan; Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 98959
1929-2013 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Riverton Realty Company Use: Amusement
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.
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Ice Harvesting
Ice Harvesting was a big industry on the Kennebec River. Several million tons of ice could be harvested in a few weeks. In 1886 the Kennebec River topped the million ton on ice production.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Division Street School, Bangor, 1865
"… yellow curtains The wood shed & out house fence Rough boards no paint Resivoir scuttles cast iron set in granit square blocks." View additional…"
Site Page
Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life
"… a fourteen-mile coach or carriage drive over rough roads to get from the train depot in Ellsworth to Blue Hill."
Story
A Story in a Stick
by Jim Moulton
A story about dowsing for a well in Bowdoin
Story
My father's world - the old farm in Richmond, Maine
by Donald C. Cunningham
A story about my father and our family.
