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Historical Items

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Item 18743

Silver plated brass oil lamp, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Houlton Media: Brass, silver, glass

Item 16477

Sperm Oil Lamp, ca. 1790

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1790 Media: Pewter

Item 16470

Dietz Eureka auto lamp, c. 1915

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Houlton Media: Tin and glass

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

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.

Exhibit

West Baldwin Methodist Church

The West Baldwin Methodist Church, founded in 1826, was one of three original churches in Baldwin. While its location has remained the same, the church has undergone numerous changes to serve the changing community.

Exhibit

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.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"oil storage facility near the ball fields. But bad news cohabitated with good news – it seemed nothing could discourage the machinery of progress."

Site Page

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"So we had a couple of those hurricane lamps that also used kerosene, but we had to figure out how to light those."

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Assembled in place in 1857, the latest lamp using “modern” proprietary fuel oil shone brighter than ever. And that lens is still there."

My Maine Stories

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Story

making light
by David Johansen

My relationship with Maine and how and why I make neon lights here.