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Item 21404

Maine Street, Swift Block, Brunswick, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1880 Location: Brunswick Media: Stereograph

Item 79400

Bridge over Swift River, 1901

Contributed by: Mexico Historical Society Date: circa 1901 Location: Mexico Media: Photograph on postcard

Item 20186

Swift Brook Camp, Stacyville, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Island Falls Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Stacyville Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 37375

336-338 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Swift & Co. Use: Storage - Meat Packing

Item 37376

338 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Swift & Co. Use: Stable

Item 56533

Assessor's Record, 42 Grafton Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Herbert L. Swift Use: Garage

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111495

House One model house plan and elevation, Portland, 1992-1995

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1992–1995 Location: Portland Client: House One: A Maine Corporation Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson, Architect

Item 111360

Evans/Brown residence elevations, Southampton, NY, 1993-1994

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1993–1994 Location: Southampton Clients: Tina Brown; Harold Evans Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson, Architect

Online Exhibits

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Edmund S. Muskie, Democratic nominee for U.S. vice president, 1968

Clean Water: Muskie and the Environment

Maine Senator Edmund S. Muskie earned the nickname "Mr. Clean" for his environment efforts during his tenure in Congress from 1959 to 1980. He helped created a political coalition that passed important clean air and clean water legislation, drawing on his roots in Maine.

Exhibit

Songs of Winnebago

An enduring element of summer camps is the songs campers sing around the campfire, at meals, and on many other occasions. Some regale the camp experience and others spur the camp's athletes on to victory.

Exhibit

Spinning room, Haskell Silk Company, Westbrook, 1907

Silk Manufacturing in Westbrook

Cultivation of silkworms and manufacture of silk thread was touted as a new agricultural boon for Maine in the early 19th century. However, only small-scale silk production followed. In 1874, the Haskell Silk Co. of Westbrook changed that, importing raw silk, and producing silk machine twist threat, then fabrics, until its demise in 1930.

Site Pages

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin as zephyr, Bangor, 1866

"… sang a song that began "Pretty little zephyrs we, Swiftly through the air we bound, Throwing blossoms all around," as they threw flower petals into…"