Keywords: Cumberland Grocery
Item 102780
Barker's Red & White grocery store, Portland, ca. 1939
Courtesy of Matthew Jude Barker, an individual partner Date: circa 1939 Location: Deering; Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 31157
Washington Street, Lubec, 1961, 1961
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1961-09-13 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print
Item 84254
92-94 Washington Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: American Grocery Company, Inc. Use: Dwelling - Three Family & Store
Item 74260
30 Salem Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: William P.F. Carroll Use: Dwelling - Single Family & Store
Item 116434
Hannaford Brothers Warehouse, Portland, 1919-1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1919–1920 Location: Portland Client: Hannaford Brothers Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Item 111501
Brewster House Bed & Breakfast elevations, Freeport, 1993-1994
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1993–1994 Location: Freeport Clients: Matt Cartmell; Amy Cartmell Architect: Carol A. Wilson; Carol A. Wilson, Architect
Exhibit
The Swinging Bridge: Walking Across the Androscoggin
Built in 1892 to entice workers at the Cabot Manufacturing Corporation in Brunswick to move to newly built housing in Topsham, the Androscoggin Pedestrian "Swinging" Bridge or Le Petit Pont quickly became important to many people traveling between the two communities.
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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"Shares in the new venture sold quickly. S.S. Cumberland Onlookers await the S.S. Cumberland arriving from Boston for the first time.Lubec…"
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