Keywords: Colonial Hall
Item 18634
Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1925 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Photographic print
Item 40256
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1878 Location: Bowdoinham Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.
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.
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Eureka Hall, Stockholm
"Eureka Hall, Stockholm Eureka Hall X This building is now known to all of us as a nice family, sit-down restaurant in downtown Stockholm, Maine."
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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture
"… building at various times housed a movie theater-hall-basketball court, bowling alley, pool hall, barber shop, variety store, town jail, and town…"
