Keywords: Vaughan Grocery
Item 57060
Main Street through "the village," Strong, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Strong Media: Cabinet photograph
Item 19307
Eye and Ear Infirmary, Portland, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 34836
306 Brackett Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: James E Jay Use: Store
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.
