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Historical Items

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Item 10110

Benjamin Randall Store, Pownal, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Pownal Scenic and Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Pownal Media: Photographic print

Item 105877

Hilton's Store and Post Office, Alna, 1909

Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1909 Location: Alna Media: Glass Plate Negative

Item 100410

Raymond Howard in Howard's Drygoods Store, Dixfield, 1965

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: 1965 Location: Dixfield Media: Color transparency slide

Tax Records

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Item 37289

113-15 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Nathaniel W Shaw Use: Store & Storage

Item 67888

89 Ocean Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Charles P. Greenleaf Use: Store

Item 67892

Assessor's Record, 95 Ocean Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Charles P. Greenleaf Use: Storehouse

Online Exhibits

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Music in Maine - Music stores

"Record Store Day helped drive the resurgence of vinyl and increased US music sales to more than a billion dollars annually."

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Power of Potential

The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (NFBPWC) held their seventh annual convention in Portland during July 12 to July 18, 1925. Over 2,000 working women from around the country visited the city.

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Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry

The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.

Site Pages

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… took over the industry, particularly from foreign countries where labor wages were much cheaper, netting has become much less remunerative for the…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870

"Dry goods stores and specialty shops were in great number and merchants did a brisk business. After an initial drop in census numbers to 3600 in…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"… English taste for clothes suited to an active country life, fine quality English dark wool broadcloth, and skilled tailoring led to the rise of…"

My Maine Stories

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Paul Gagne: Living a life fully engaged in his community
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A man with a wide range of skills and talents shares them for the benefit of his community

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My artwork help process memories of Vietnam
by Brian Barry

My Eagle drawing won first place in the Togus Arts and Crafts show, third in the Nationals.

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In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood

An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.