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Historical Items

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Item 16375

Farnsworth Mill machinery, Lisbon, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Lisbon Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Lisbon Falls Media: Photographic print

Item 102018

Saco and Pettee buildings along Smith Street, Biddeford, ca. 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Biddeford Media: Postcard

Item 17949

Minneapolis-Moline Model U tractor, Littleton, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Bernard Stairs through Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1950 Location: Littleton; Minneapolis Media: Steel

Tax Records

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Item 37311

164-166 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Pocahontas Fuel Company, Inc. Use: Machinery Exchange

Item 37234

25-31 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: W.L. Blake & Co. Use: Warehouse & Machine Shop

Online Exhibits

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Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry

The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.

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Maine and the Space Age

The small town of Andover landed on the international map in 1962 when the Earth Station that had been built there successfully communicated with Telstar, the first telecommunications satellite.

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A Tale of Two Sailmakers

Camden has been home to generations of fishermen, shipbuilders, sailmakers, and others who make their living through the sea. The lives of two Camden sailmakers, who were born nearly a century apart, became entwined at a small house on Limerock Street.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"… going to shut down because southern states had machinery to make cotton, so they didn’t have to send it to the northern states."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Revenue gunboat "Mahoning," Bangor, 1864

"I then went on board & examined her machinery guns & work generally which was all plain and of the very best material and painted & varnished and…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock

"… styling and detailing changed as new tools and machinery became available. New to the market were jig saws and circular saws, which were used to…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Growing up on a potato and dairy farm
by Paula Woodworth

Life growing up and working on a potato and dairy farm was hard work but fun in Aroostook County.

Story

A Story in a Stick
by Jim Moulton

A story about dowsing for a well in Bowdoin

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A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down