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Historical Items

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Item 46242

View from Coast Guard Station, Lubec, 1917, 1917

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1917 Location: Lubec Media: Postcard

Item 37514

Lighthouse automation, Lubec, 1988, 1988

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1988-06-30 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Item 16668

Presque Isle Army Air Base guard house, ca. 1943

Contributed by: Presque Isle Air Museum Date: circa 1943 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 76799

235-237 St. John Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Viola DeGrys & Guard of Amalie DeGrys Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 76798

235-237 St. John Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Viola DeGrys & Guard of Amalie DeGrys Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 57383

29 Hammond Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Leroy Parkhurst Use: Dwelling - Two family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 116613

Mrs. Welch house alterations, Portland, 1938

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1938 Location: Portland Client: F. B. W. Welch Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 111598

David A. Calhoun house, Cape Elizabeth, 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: David A. Calhoun Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Guarding Maine Rail Lines

Black soldiers served in Maine during World War II, assigned in small numbers throughout the state to guard Grand Trunk rail lines from a possible German attack. The soldiers, who lived in railroad cars near their posts often interacted with local residents.

Exhibit

A Convenient Soldier: The Black Guards of Maine

The Black Guards were African American Army soldiers, members of the segregated Second Battalion of the 366th Infantry sent to guard the railways of Maine during World War II, from 1941 to 1945. The purpose of the Black Guards' deployment to Maine was to prevent terrorist attacks along the railways, and to keep Maine citizens safe during the war.

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.