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Keywords: Cumberland

Historical Items

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Item 9319

Greely Institute, Cumberland, 1921

Contributed by: Cumberland Historical Society Date: 1921-07-18 Location: Cumberland Media: Photographic print

Item 31520

Locating the old houses of Cumberland map, by Hope Dilloway, 1989

Contributed by: Prince Memorial Library Date: circa 1871 Location: Cumberland Media: Ink and watercolor on paper

Item 31016

Cumberland, ca. 1870

Contributed by: Cumberland Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Cumberland Media: Stereograph

Tax Records

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Item 42135

422 Cumberland Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Louis Weinstein Use: Rooming House

Item 42237

571 Cumberland Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: James H McCann Use: Apartments

Item 42160

451 Cumberland Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Esther B Dalton Use: Apartments

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151730

Cumberland County Courthouse, Portland, 1917-1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1917–1947 Location: Portland Client: Cumberland County Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 151120

Cumberland Club alterations, Portland, 1906-1929

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1906–1929 Location: Portland Client: Cumberland Club Architect: John Calvin Stevens John Howard Stevens Architects
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Item 151159

Cumberland County Courthouse & Jail, Portland, 1970-1987

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1970–1987 Location: Portland Client: Cumberland County Architect: Wadsworth, Boston, Dimick, Mercer & Weatherill
This record contains 2 images.

Online Exhibits

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Patriotic Imagery: 1861-1880

Imagery on letterhead soldiers used, on soldiers' memorials produced after the war, and on many other items captured the themes of the American Civil War: union, liberty, and freedom.

Exhibit

Anshe Sfard, Portland's Early Chassidic Congregation

Chassidic Jews who came to Portland from Eastern Europe formed a congregation in the late 19th century and, in 1917, built a synagogue -- Anshe Sfard -- on Cumberland Avenue in Portland. By the early 1960s, the congregation was largely gone. The building was demolished in 1983.

Exhibit

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Society Copes

"Even Portland's prestigious Cumberland Club was raided and caught with booze. "Vanilla fooled me for a few days."

Site Pages

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Site Page

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Exhibits

"… The Lending Libraries of North Yarmouth and Cumberland Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor Population Decline…"

Site Page

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Welcome

"Welcome X Welcome to Cumberland and North Yarmouth’s website – we’re glad you found us! Ancient North Yarmouth, the original 1680 plantation in…"

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Sweetser, Phyllis Sturdivant. Cumberland, Maine in four centuries. Cumberland, Maine: Town of Cumberland, 1976. Text by Thomas C. Bennett"

My Maine Stories

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Story

ROCK AND ROLL CONCERTS OF SOUTHERN MAINE
by Ford Reiche

A story about Rock and Roll in Maine, 1955-1977

Story

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.

Story

2024 Maine History Maker Celebration Event
by Maine Historical Society

Maine Historical Society's 2024 Maine History Maker event, honoring Joan Benoit Samuelson.

Lesson Plans

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Lesson Plan

World War I and the U.S. Home Front

Grade Level: 9-12 Content Area: Social Studies
Learn about World War I using primary sources from Maine Memory Network and the Library of Congress.

Lesson Plan

World War I Sacrifice and Protest

Grade Level: 9-12 Content Area: Social Studies
Learn about World War I using primary sources from Maine Memory Network and the Library of Congress.

Lesson Plan

Immigration: Challenges and Opportunities in Maine

Grade Level: 9-12 Content Area: Social Studies
Learn about immigration in the United States using primary sources from Maine Memory Network and the Library of Congress.