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Item 27180

Stimpson's Hall, Thomaston, ca. 1950

Stimpson's Hall, Thomaston, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 27181

Eureka Engine Company No. 4, Thomaston, ca. 1878

Eureka Engine Company No. 4, Thomaston, ca. 1878

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1878 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 27182

Knox Hose Company No. 5, Thomaston, 1909

Knox Hose Company No. 5, Thomaston, 1909

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: 1909 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Pulp pile, St. Croix Paper Co., Woodland, ca. 1910

Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

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Cut in Williams Quarry, Rockland, ca. 1875

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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Main Street, Bar Harbor, ca. 1910

Maine Streets: The Postcard View

Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.

Site Pages

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The State of Maine, No. 3, Thomaston, Maine c 1870

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"Prison Fire, Thomaston, 1923Thomaston Historical Society There was no plumbing at the prison and fire companies had to depend on reservoirs as a…"

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Watts Block, Thomaston, 1890

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"Watts Block Fire, Thomaston 1915Thomaston Historical Society In addition to shipbuilding, the lime quarry industry- now cement production -…"

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Wreck of the Sagamore, Scarborough, 1934

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… sixty days after its launch at Watts Shipyard in Thomaston. According to Peter Dow Bachelder in his book Ships and Maritime Disasters of the Maine…"