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Description

The Mary Brown Home (Portland Invalids' Home) waiting room in the Deering section of Portland.

The facility was a rest home for women recovering from a hospital stay or from exhaustion caused by their employment.

Mary Brown founded founded the home in 1894 and bought a house on Revere Street in 1895, which served as a residence until 1903 when a newer home was built on Capisic Street.

This was later renamed the Eunice Frye Home.

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About This Item

• Title: Invalids' Home waiting room, Portland, 1905
• Creator: Leonard Bond Chapman
• Creation Date: 1905
• Subject Date: 1905
• Location: Deering, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
• Media: Glass Negative
• Local Code: Coll. 424, Box 7/21; 2008.172.158
• Collection: Leonard Bond Chapman glass plate negatives
• Object Type: Image

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Standardized Subject Headings

• Buildings--Maine--Portland--Deering
• Deering (Portland, Me.)
• Waiting rooms--Maine--Portland--Deering

People

• Brown, Mary
• Frye, Eunice

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For more information about this item, contact:

Maine Historical Society
485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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