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Historical Items

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Item 135681

Portland City Hall, Market Square, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Portland Media: photographic print

Item 16600

Carnival Days in Sanford, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 80362

Moxie bottle, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Friendship Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Friendship Media: Green glass bottle with red paper label

Tax Records

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Item 35601

885-889 Brighton Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Amos Ashnault Use: Store

Online Exhibits

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John Y. Merrill: Leeds Farmer, Entrepreneur, & More

John Y. Merrill of Leeds (1823-1898) made terse entries in diaries he kept for 11 years. His few words still provide a glimpse into the life of a mid 18th century farmer, who also made shoes, quarried stone, moved barns, made healing salves -- and was active in civic affairs.

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… which in 1928 was classified as “a general tonic” useful for treating constipation, or conversely, castor oil as a purgative, or even “tincture of…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Quenching the Thirst

"S-5665 By the late 19th century, tonics and patent medicines such as these were popular cure-alls, especially with women."

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

"… for soft drinks and their evolution from cure-all tonics. X Neal Dow Commemorative Goblet, 1856 Gorham Co., Providence Silver with gold…"