Maine Memory Network

Helen Blake Estabrooks, Houlton, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1830 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Ebeneezer C. Blake, Houlton, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1870 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Blake property, S. Side Moss Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Rose K. Blake Use: Dwelling

Blake property, City Point Road S. side, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: W.L. & Co Blake Use: Dwelling

Residence of Messrs. Blake and Ham, corner of Main and High Streets, Lewiston, 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885 Location: Lewiston; Lewiston Clients: Blake; Ham Architect: George M. Coombs

Cottage for Mr. J.A. Blake, Harpswell, 1901

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1901 Location: Harpswell; Boston Client: J. A. Blake Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

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.

The Washburns of Livermore

Members of the Washburn family of Livermore participated in the Civil War in a variety of ways -- from Caroline at the homefront, to Samuel at sea, Elihu, as a Congressman from Illinois, and Israel governor of Maine. The family had considerable influence politically on several fronts.

Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 8, pages 135-150

"Calvin Seavey Cornelius Sullivan P. M. Blake Cornelius Driscoll Philadelphia Convention George W. Ladd President Johnson Annie Martin performance…"

Memories of working at the Criterion Theatre
by Vernon L. Cox

Working as a teenager with projectionest Roy Blake at the Criterion Theater

Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years
by Jamison McAlister

Civil War Soldier comes home after 158 years