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Historical Items

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Item 19737

The Foss Hotel, ca. 1900

Contributed by: An individual through East Grand School Date: circa 1900 Location: Danforth Media: Photographic print

Item 23103

James Foss Davis, Ellsworth, ca. 1875

Contributed by: Ellsworth Public Library Date: circa 1875 Location: Ellsworth Media: Photographic print

Item 26857

Foss Burbank, Alfred CCC Camp, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Maine Forest Service Date: circa 1935 Location: Alfred Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 83192

Foss property, S. Side Seashore Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: A. P. Foss Use: Summer Dwelling

Item 40194

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

Owner in 1924: Walter Foss Use: Garage

Item 41741

26 Craigie Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Clifton Foss Use: Dwelling - Single family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 116450

Schlotterbeck & Foss Co., Portland, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Schlotterbeck & Foss Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 116449

Schlotterbeck & Foss Co., Portland, 1926-1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926–1927 Location: Portland Client: Schlotterbeck & Foss Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 109617

Alterations in house for Mr. W.O. Foss, Auburn, 1894

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1894 Location: Auburn Client: W. O. Foss Architect: George M. Coombs

Online Exhibits

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Most Inconvenient Storm

A Portland newspaper wrote about an ice storm of January 28, 1886 saying, "The city of Portland was visited yesterday by the most inconvenient storm of the season."

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Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.

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Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

Site Pages

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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"In the book by Roland E. Foss, “The History of the New Portlands in Maine”, it states that “West New Portland has a landmark that should not be…"

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Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"It was taught by Gladys (Foss) Davis. In 1916 the Masonic hall and the Odd Fellows Hall replaced the old school house."

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Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"Perhaps F.B. Foss, a native of Surry, summarized the town's economic downturn best in two verses of a poem he wrote for the 1903 Centennial: Old…"