Keywords: Captain Oliver Robinson
Item 26597
Oliver Robinson House, Thomaston, ca. 1960
Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Thomaston Media: Photographic print
Item 112087
Pejepscot Company Records, Volume 4, 1627-1866
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1627–1866 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye
The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.
Exhibit
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?
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 1 of 4
"… is a reminder that, probably thanks to local sea captains, some Maine ladies received lengths of the Chinese silks made for the Western market."
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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Industry Expands - 1850 to 1857
"Shipyard owners and builders, Robinson, McCallum and Counce, sold land on the north side of Water Street to Christian Henry Bohndel, a ship’s rigger…"
