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Historical Items

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Item 10143

Camp Runoia First, Second, and Baby Shack, or Third Shack, Belgrade Lakes, 1915

Contributed by: Camp Runoia Date: 1915 Location: Belgrade Lakes Media: Photographic print

Item 105254

Bayside Oaks, Westport Island, ca. 1965

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: circa 1965 Location: Westport Island Media: Photographic print

Item 54853

Good Will boys at Maplecroft Sap House, Fairfield, ca. 1945

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1945 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 86323

Fishermans Shack, Commercial Wharf, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Clinton W Davis Agent Use: Fishermans Shack

Item 86286

Fishermans Shack, Commercial Wharf, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Jones real estate Company Use: Fishermans Shack

Item 86300

Fishermans Shack, Commercial Wharf, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Pauline Willis Use: Fishermans Shack

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

A Snapshot of Portland, 1924: The Taxman Cometh

In 1924, with Portland was on the verge of profound changes, the Tax Assessors Office undertook a project to document every building in the city -- with photographs and detailed information that provide a unique view into Portland's architecture, neighborhoods, industries, and businesses.

Exhibit

Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

Exhibit

World War I and the Maine Experience

With a long history of patriotism and service, Maine experienced the war in a truly distinct way. Its individual experiences tell the story of not only what it means to be an American, but what it means to be from Maine during the war to end all wars.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"Bunk houses with adjoining cook and mess shacks were erected on rafts and anchored on the Chelsea side of the river."

Site Page

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13

"It became know in local parlance as a “picker’s shack”. This painting, done in 1945 shows the Collins and the Albert families from St, Agatha working…"

Site Page

Historic Hallowell - News Article by Emily Markham

"Two nearly build ice shacks have been blown in the river by a gale. The Kennebec waters have flooded the ice field before they could be harvested."

My Maine Stories

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Story

The Cup Code (working at OOB in the 1960s)
by Randy Randall

Teenagers cooking fried food in OOB and the code used identify the product and quantity.

Story

The best lobster roll in Maine!
by Debbie Gagnon

The history of Red's Eats and the recipe for our famous Lobster Rolls