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Historical Items

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Item 26600

West Main Street, Thomaston, ca. 1899

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1899 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print

Item 10437

Gutter adze, ca. 1650

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1650 Media: Forged bog iron

Item 23281

Tate House, Portland, ca. 1970

Contributed by: Greater Portland Landmarks Date: circa 1970 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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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.

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Northern Threads: Adaptive reuse

A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring up-cycled and reused historic fabrics.

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Back to School

Public education has been a part of Maine since Euro-American settlement began to stabilize in the early eighteenth century. But not until the end of the nineteenth century was public education really compulsory in Maine.

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Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Prince Memorial Library

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