Keywords: Turner
Item 29288
Contributed by: Turner Museum and Historical Society Date: 1896 Location: Turner Media: Photographic print
Item 29137
Contributed by: Sterling Hinkley through Turner Museum and Historical Society Date: 1915 Location: Turner Media: Photographic print
Item 78252
26 Turner Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Christian Christenson Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 78259
40 Turner Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Edward H. Nolan Use: Dwelling - Single family
Item 109570
Proposed Factory for the Deforest Products Co., Turner, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Turner Client: DeForest Products Co. Architect: Harry S. Coombs
Item 109840
Block for Mr. Ferd Penley, Auburn, 1892
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1892 Location: Auburn Client: Ferd. Penley Architect: George M. Coombs
Exhibit
Educating Oneself: Carnegie Libraries
Industrialist Andrew Carnegie gave grants for 20 libraries in Maine between 1897 and 1912, specifying that the town own the land, set aside funds for maintenance, have room to expand -- and offer library services at no charge.
Exhibit
John Y. Merrill: Leeds Farmer, Entrepreneur, & More
John Y. Merrill of Leeds (1823-1898) made terse entries in diaries he kept for 11 years. His few words still provide a glimpse into the life of a mid 18th century farmer, who also made shoes, quarried stone, moved barns, made healing salves -- and was active in civic affairs.
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Turner Museum and Historical Society
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Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library
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Story
Behind the scenes of the Mercy expansion
by Sister Ellen Turner
Sister Ellen Turner talked about behind the scenes planning of Mercy's Expansion
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A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner
With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.
