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Historical Items

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Item 36413

Silhouette of Rachel (Lowe) Winn, York, ca. 1814

Contributed by: Old York Historical Society Date: circa 1814 Location: York Media: Paper with silk backing

Mystery Corner Item

Item 104248

Letter to Nathaniel Low from Henry Winslow, Portland, 1830

Mystery Corner Item Who is Abby?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1830-07-10 Location: Portland; Berwick Media: Ink on paper

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Item 13651

Mary Caffrey Low, Waterville, 1875

Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections Date: circa 1875 Location: Waterville Media: Cabinet photograph

Tax Records

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Item 60494

61 Lawn Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Clara Lowe Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 77848

Assessor's Record, Barn, Terrace Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: William H. Lowe Use: Barn

Item 75699

81 State Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Katherine M. Lowe Use: Dwelling - Single family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111537

House for Frank M. Low, Portland, 1924

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1924 Location: Portland Client: Frank M. Low Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 111237

South Paris library, South Paris, 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1925 Location: South Paris Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Le Théâtre

Lewiston, Maine's second largest city, was long looked upon by many as a mill town with grimy smoke stacks, crowded tenements, low-paying jobs, sleazy clubs and little by way of refinement, except for Bates College. Yet, a noted Québec historian, Robert Rumilly, described it as "the French Athens of New England."

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Ice: A Maine Commodity

Maine's frozen rivers and lakes provided an economic opportunity. The state shipped thousands of tons of ice to ports along the East Coast and to the West Indies that workers had cut and packed in sawdust for shipment or later use.

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Taber Wagon

The Taber farm wagon was an innovative design that was popular on New England farms. It made lifting potato barrels onto a wagon easier and made more efficient use of the horse's work. These images glimpse the life work of its inventor, Silas W. Taber of Houlton, and the place of his invention in the farming community

Site Pages

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Guilford, Maine - PEOPLE

"Moses Guilford Low X Guilford Low lived to be 93 years of age. He passed away on May 6th, 1909 in his hometown of Guilford."

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 2 of 3

"… trestlework extending from the Lubec shore at low tide, the water reflecting the calm before tide reversal."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 7 of 13

"… from the field with wagons that were built with a low platform, allowing the barrels to be more easily loaded and unloaded."

My Maine Stories

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Story

The Joys of Kayaking - Pam's Story
by Pam Ferris-Olson

Pam has kayaked in many special places but her fondest memories are being made on Casco Bay

Story

Seawolf Outhouse Robbery
by Roger Ek, Seawolf 25

How necessity creates invention, and the moving of an outhouse in Vietnam.

Story

Aroostook Potato Harvest: Perspective of a Six Year Old
by Phyllis A. Blackstone

A child's memory of potato harvest in the 1950s