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Historical Items

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Item 103689

Man holding a compass, Rockland, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Rockland Media: Tintype

Item 47789

Craftsman holding tools, ca. 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Media: Daguerreotype

Item 47794

Carpenter holding a square, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Media: Daguerreotype

Tax Records

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Item 87880

Sweeney property, N. Side Island Avenue, Lot 112, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Arthur O. Sweeney Use: Summer Dwelling

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151626

Thackery house, Johnstown, PA, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Johnstown Client: George E. Thackery Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Good Will-Hinckley: Building a Landscape

The landscape at the Good Will-Hinckley campus in Fairfield was designed to help educate and influence the orphans and other needy children at the school and home.

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Great War and Armistice Day

In 1954, November 11 became known as Veterans Day, a time to honor American veterans of all wars. The holiday originated, however, as a way to memorialize the end of World War I, November 11, 1918, and to "perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations." Mainers were involved in World War I as soldiers, nurses, and workers on the homefront aiding the military effort.

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Yarmouth: Leader in Soda Pulp

Yarmouth's "Third Falls" provided the perfect location for papermaking -- and, soon, for producing soda pulp for making paper. At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, Yarmouth was an international leader in soda pulp production.

Site Pages

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Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"… architect and returned to Lewiston to train as a draftsman with George M. Coombs. After four years in Coombs’s office, Thomas enrolled at the…"

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Architecture & Landscape database - George Coombs

"Douglas as a draftsman. Douglas’s office proved a good training ground for Coombs. However, the opportunity was short-lived, for Douglas moved his…"

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Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"Poor, a former draftsman for Frederick A. Tompson. This short-lived partnership ended with Poor’s accidental death in 1922. John P."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

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