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Keywords: Abyssinian

Historical Items

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Item 6277

Abyssinian Church, Portland, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Pencil on paper

Item 9245

Creation of the Abyssinian Congregational Church, Portland, 1835

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1835-07-27 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 108716

"The Meeting House 2; All Present" by Daniel Minter, Portland, 2020

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

Tax Records

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Item 65229

73-75 Newbury Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: David Finkelman Use: Apartments

Item 65231

77 Newbury Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Raffaele Frascone Use: Dwelling - Single family

Online Exhibits

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Reuben Ruby: Hackman, Activist

Reuben Ruby of Portland operated a hack in the city, using his work to earn a living and to help carry out his activist interests, especially abolition and the Underground Railroad.

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Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

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State of Mind: Becoming Maine

The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?