Keywords: Beach and Middle St., Saco
Item 28726
Dickens characters, Saco, 1912
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1912-06-07 Location: Saco Media: Photographic print
Item 70048
St. Margaret's Church and Old Orchard House, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Linen texture postcard
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War
"He enlisted from Bowdoinham in Company F, 19th Maine Infantry, on August 25, 1862, and was mustered out on May 31, 1865."
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway
"The highway continued on to the ferry at Ferry Beach; and from the ferry landing at Pine Point, the traveler would proceed on the beach to Old…"
Story
The Cup Code (working at OOB in the 1960s)
by Randy Randall
Teenagers cooking fried food in OOB and the code used identify the product and quantity.
