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Elihu Washburn on school and family, Livermore, 1834

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1834-08-07 Location: East Livermore; Portland; Hallowell; Boston Media: Ink on paper

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Mrs. Scofield, ca. 1845

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

B&M store house and canning factory, Portland, 1918-1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1918–1944 Location: Portland; Farmington; Livermore Falls Client: Burnham and Morrill Co. Architect: John Calvin Stevens John Howard Stevens Architects
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Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

Colonial Cartography: The Plymouth Company Maps

The Plymouth Company (1749-1816) managed one of the very early land grants in Maine along the Kennebec River. The maps from the Plymouth Company's collection of records constitute some of the earliest cartographic works of colonial America.

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"Although surveyor Samuel Livermore was instructed to lay out each of the six townships, “six miles in extent on the sea coast, and no more,” Surry's…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… Society Probably because Surry originated in East Surry, which was tightly tied to Ellsworth, East Surry residents tended to be affluent, and…"