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Historical Items

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Item 10666

Property of the Portland Iron and Steel Company, October 1911

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1911 Location: South Portland Media: Blueprint

Item 15632

Soldering iron

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1840 Media: Wrought iron, brass, copper

Item 1145

Presumpscot Iron Company Stock Certificate, 1883

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1883-04-25 Media: Ink on paper

Tax Records

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Item 41770

52-56 Cross Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: J.B. Brown & Sons Use: Shop - Metal

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111768

Iron crossbars for George C. Soule, 1946

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1946 Client: George C. Soule Architect: John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects

Item 109890

Block for the Rumford Falls Trust Co., Rumford, 1922

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1922 Location: Rumford; Rumford Client: Rumford Falls Trust Co. Architect: Harry S. Coombs

Item 109361

Summer residence at Grand Beach, Me., for Dr. S.H. Weeks, Scarborough, 1898-1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898–1945 Location: Scarborough Client: S. H. Weeks Architect: John Calvin Stevens; John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island

Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.

Exhibit

Laboring in Maine

Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.

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Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.

Site Pages

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Lewiston Journal article on Katahdin Iron Works

"It describes the process of making pig iron and gives some background about the Kathadin Iron Charcoal Co. and the area where it was located."

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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Iron Foundry

"In 1878 George Fuller renamed the Iron works “George Fuller and Sons” while he worked with his sons."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… the iron-making process, the business end of iron making, and the Silver Lake Hotel, which served both tourist interests and workers at the Iron…"

My Maine Stories

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Dancing through barriers
by Garrett Stewart

My Dad performed on the Dave Astor Show in Portland during the civil rights era.

Story

Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years
by Jamison McAlister

Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years

Story

Minik Wallace 1891-1918
by Genevieve LeMoine, The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum

The life of Minik, an Inuit person from Greenland who grew up in New York City.