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Historical Items

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Item 16723

Postcard from Walter Hustus to grandmother, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: South Portland; Pyote Media: Postcard

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Item 17032

Walter Hustus letter from POW camp, 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945 Location: Gneixendorf; South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 16714

Walter Hustus letter to family, 1942

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1942-10-14 Location: South Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Tax Records

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Item 40199

1182 Congress Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Walter Use: Dwelling - Two family

Item 37101

Assessor's Record, 91-93 Codman Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Walter Egemark Use: Garage

Item 40194

Assessor's Record, 1180 Congress Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Walter Foss Use: Garage

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109577

House for Walter Dingley, Auburn, 1892

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1892 Location: Auburn; Auburn Client: Walter Dingley Architect: George M. Coombs

Item 109997

House and stable for Walter Dresser at 9 Matthews St., Portland, ca. 1907

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1907 Location: Portland Client: Walter Dresser Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Item 109568

Filling Station for Walter M. Deane, Anson, ca. 1933

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1933 Location: Anson Client: Walter M. Deane Architect: Coombs and Harriman Architects

Online Exhibits

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Walter Wyman and River Power

Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.

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Nursing students, Eastern Maine General Hospital, ca. 1898

One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC

In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.

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Civil Defense: Fear and Safety

In the 1950s and the 1960s, Maine's Civil Defense effort focused on preparedness for hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters and a more global concern, nuclear war. Civil Defense materials urged awareness, along with measures like storing food and other staple items and preparing underground or other shelters.

Site Pages

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Music in Maine - Music Education

"Walter Damrosch Walter Damrosch conducting at Eastern Music Camp, Sidney, 1932Maine Historical Society New York Philharmonic conductor for…"

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Music in Maine - HEAR

"… Historical Society Anthropologist Jesse Walter Fewkes traveled to Calais, Maine in March 1890 to test inventor Thomas Edison’s new phonograph in…"

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Hand drum by James Eric Francis, Sr., Old Town, 2018

Music in Maine - MAKE

"MAKE Music makers include musicians, artists, and craftspeople who make instruments, write songs, and make music in the home and community settings."