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Keywords: Temple Street Corner

Historical Items

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Item 31185

North Joppa, Temple Street Corner, Hallowell, 1896

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: 1896 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 76510

Masonic Temple in Portland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Greater Portland Landmarks Date: 1910-08-25 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 31864

Main Street, Lubec, ca. 1950, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Online Exhibits

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Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In

Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.

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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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Summer Folk: The Postcard View

Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."

Site Pages

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"An image is on the Maine Memory Network of the Masons in a parade down a street in Bath. Masonic trunk, openPatten Free Library On the subject…"

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Historic Hallowell - Joppa

"Webber, Sr., an individual partner North Joppa, Temple Street Corner, Hallowell, 1896Hubbard Free Library"

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Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"… by the new Mussey’s Row near the corner of Temple Street. Built by merchant John Mussey to replace an earlier block of the same name, this handsome…"

My Maine Stories

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Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.