Keywords: South Berwick Village District
Item 101795
Women in parade carriage, South Berwick, 1914
Contributed by: Old Berwick Historical Society Date: 1914 Location: South Berwick Media: Photographic print
Item 101797
Milk wagon in a parade, South Berwick, ca. 1914
Contributed by: Old Berwick Historical Society Date: circa 1914 Location: South Berwick Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
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.
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Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement
"… New Hampshire, Newbury, Massachusetts, and Berwick, Maine, and they scoped out the area on fishing and trading expeditions, as was true for Matthew…"
