Keywords: 1874
Item 36103
Alexander Pierce gravesite, England, ca. 1874
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1874 Media: Photographic print
Item 51429
Boston & Maine Railroad train, Biddeford, 1874
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1874 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 150537
Doubler for N.W. Farwells Mill, Lisbon, 1874
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1874 Location: Lisbon Client: N. W. Farwell Architect: Kimball and Coombs
Item 150377
Chapel for Insane Hospital, Augusta, 1874-1894
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1874–1894
Location: Augusta
Client: State of Maine
Architect: George M. Coombs
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Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900
"The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900 In 1874 state aid was prematurely cut off from the colony of New Sweden causing a group of newspapermen to…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro to pages 91-132
"… on card playing, provides a program of an 1874 dance evening, Oliver Lunt's Dancing Academy, dances Martin sponsored, and information about…"
