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Historical Items

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Item 22154

Springvale Following the Great Blizzard of March 12, 1888

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: 1888 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 16879

Main Street Looking North, Springvale, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Item 105443

A shopper's guide map of Portland, 1965

Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: 1965 Location: Portland; South Portland; Cape Elizabeth Media: Lithograph

Online Exhibits

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Promoting Rockland Through a Stereopticon, 1875

Frank Crockett and photographer J.P. Armbrust took stereo views of Rockland's downtown, industry, and notable homes in the 1870s as a way to promote tourism to the town.

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Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.

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Lt. Charles Bridges: Getting Ahead in the Army

Sgt. Charles Bridges of Co. B of the 2nd Maine Infantry was close to the end of his two years' enlistment in early 1863 when he took advantage of an opportunity for advancement by seeking and getting a commission as an officer in the 3rd Regiment U.S. Volunteers.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"Lovell's Guilford Hardware still occupies the site today. Lovell's Guilford Hardware X W. G. BLAKE'S AGENCY X This office building was…"

My Maine Stories

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars