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Keywords: Vaughan Street

Historical Items

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Item 19320

Vaughan Street School, Portland, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 11962

Vaughan Plan, ca. 1813

Contributed by: City of Portland Dept. of Public Works Date: circa 1813 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper, map

Item 105539

Vaughan Hall/McGeachey Hall at Maine Medical Center, Portland, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980 Location: Portland Media: photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 78488

214-218 Vaughan Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Vaughan Hall Incorporated Use: Apartments

Item 78487

212 Vaughan Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Jeanette Whipple Use: Garage

Item 78491

221 Vaughan Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Eleanor J. Fraser Use: Dwelling - Two family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 116356

Chase house on Vaughan Street, Portland, 1891

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1891 Location: Portland Client: F. V. Chase Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 111965

Noyes house at 134 Vaughan St., Portland, 1909-1922

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909–1922 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Charles E. Noyes Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 111964

Marshall house at 138 Vaughan St., Portland, 1911-1915

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1911–1915 Location: Portland Client: Frank D. Marshall Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

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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Luxurious Leisure

From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.

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Eye in the Sky

In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland Press Herald title. He followed in 1925 with the purchase the Portland Evening Express, which allowed him to combine two passions: photography and aviation.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream Jake Allen, Ethan Ballew & Avery Page McClench Machine Shop, Hallowell, 1879Courtesy of Sumner A."

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Historic Hallowell - Wire, Ice, and Iron Industries

"Ice harvesting, Cascade Pond, Hallowell, ca. 1930Hubbard Free Library Milliken's Crossing, Looking north on Water Street, Hallowell, ca."

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Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"A Post-Revolutionary Generation Charles Vaughan, Hallowell, ca. 1820Maine Historical Society Not everyone came out of desperation."