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Historical Items

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Item 12035

Children's Gate, Longfellow Garden, Portland, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Longfellow Garden Club Date: circa 1930 Location: Portland Media: Lantern slide

Item 100185

Longfellow Garden Club tree planting, Portland, 1957

Contributed by: Longfellow Garden Club Date: 1957 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 12028

Longfellow Garden, Portland, ca. 1936

Contributed by: Longfellow Garden Club Date: circa 1936 Location: Portland Media: Lantern slide

Tax Records

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Item 99168

10-12 Garden Lane, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Jacob R. Ganem Use: Dwelling - Two family

Item 87440

Sterling property, E. Side Garden Place, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Sarah B. Sterling Use: Summer Dwelling

Item 89325

Garden property, N. Side Wood Road, Rear, Brook Road, Rear, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Ida A. Garden Use: Summer Dwelling

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111347

Sheshunoff residence garden site plan, Scarborough, 1990-1992

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1990–1992 Location: Scarborough Clients: Gabrielle Sheshunoff; Alex Sheshunoff Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson, Architect

Item 149087

Stewart residence herb and knot gardens, Northeast Harbor, 1991-1994

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1991–1994 Location: Mount Desert Clients: William Stewart; Barbara Stewart Architect: Patrick Chasse; Michael Boucher; Landscape Design Associates

Item 111873

John S. Hyde residence, Bath, 1913-1956

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1913–1956 Location: Bath Client: John Sedgwick Hyde Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Front Door, Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Inside the Yellow House

Photographer Elijah Cobb's 1985 portfolio of the Laura E. Richards House, with text by Rosalind Cobb Wiggins and Laura E. Putnam.

Exhibit

Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Congress Street, Portland, ca. 1890

Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.

Exhibit

Mt. Katahdin and Granger, Stetson, ca. 1906

The World's Largest Oxen

Named for the two largest things in Maine at the turn of the 20th century, Mt. Katahdin and Granger of Stetson, were known as the Largest Oxen in the World. Unable to do farm work because of their size, they visited fairs and agricultural events around the Northeast.