Keywords: benson
Item 100830
Contributed by: Pittsfield Historical Society Date: 1894 Location: Newport Media: Ink on paper
Item 11823
Champlain map copy, St. Croix or Bone Island, ca. 1799
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1613 Media: Ink on paper
Item 61404
30-32 Loring Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Clinton Benson Use: Bungalow
Item 58165
15 Howard Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Samuel H. Benson Use: Dwelling - Single House
Item 111491
Isaacson residence floor plan and presentation drawing, Lewiston, 1960
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1960 Location: Lewiston Client: Philip Isaacson Architect: F. Frederick Bruck; F. Frederick Bruck, Architect
Item 110423
Butler residence, Northeast Harbor, 1987-2014
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1987–2014 Location: Mount Desert; Mount Desert Client: Gilbert Butler Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates
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
Samantha Smith, a Manchester schoolgirl, gained international fame in 1983 by asking Soviet leader Yuri Andropov whether he intended to start a nuclear war and then visiting the Soviet Union to be reassured that no one there wanted war.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 278-361
"… Rufus Wiggin Bob Cram Hannah Emery Ellen Benson Clara Cary Z. S. Patton Rebecca Raynes Eliza Raynes Nancy Raynes Jefferson Parsons Fannie Parsons…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 195-277
"Polk Temperance Davis Verrill Moses Averill Williard Delano Ellen Benson Ham & Carys Bake House Gold Rush Asa Davis"
