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Keywords: Union Street

Historical Items

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Item 10755

Interior of Union Station, Portland, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 22436

Union Station, Portland, 1954

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1954 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 10754

Union Station, Portland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 53851

27 Union Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Mary Berenson Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 78306

18 Union Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: J.B. Whitney Use: Blacksmith Shop

Item 78310

35 Union Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Devisees of Seth M. Milliken Use: Storage

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111999

New Union Church, Vinalhaven, 1899

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1899 Location: Vinalhaven Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 109927

Maine State Park, Planting Plan Northeast Section, Augusta, 1920-1929

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1920–1929 Location: Augusta Client: State of Maine Architect: Olmsted Brothers

Item 110123

Residence and hospital for Dr. H.L. Apollonio, Boothbay Harbor, 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930 Location: Boothbay Harbor Client: H. L. Apollonio Architect: John P. Thomas

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

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.

Exhibit

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.

Exhibit

A Celebration of Skilled Artisans

The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, an organization formed to promote and support skilled craftsmen, celebrated civic pride and members' trades with a parade through Portland on Oct. 8, 1841 at which they displayed 17 painted linen banners with graphic and textual representations of the artisans' skills.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"The Hallowell Union Fire Club Union Fire Club, Fire Bucket, Hallowell, 1805Hubbard Free Library The Union Fire Club of Hallowell, Maine…"

Site Page

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… in commercial Bath, including part of the Union Block, where 94 Front Street is located, according to Henry Owen’s History of Bath Maine."

Site Page

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"… family A view of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union marching down Columbia Street in Bangor carrying signs such as "Bread is better than beer"."

My Maine Stories

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Story

30 years of business in Maine
by Raj & Bina Sharma

30 years of business, raising a family, & showcasing our culture in Maine

Story

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

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

Story

A Lifelong Romance with Retail
by George A Smith

Maine's once plentiful small retail stores.