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Keywords: Ellsworth

Historical Items

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Item 66453

Ellsworth High School, Ellsworth, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Ellsworth Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 23101

Ellsworth High School Basketball Team, 1912-13

Contributed by: Ellsworth Public Library Date: 1912 Location: Ellsworth Media: Photographic print

Item 66452

Main Street, Ellsworth, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Ellsworth Media: Linen texture postcard

Tax Records

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Item 49974

44 Ellsworth Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Maritus Duncan Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 49962

23 Ellsworth Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Heirs of Ralph F. Nowell Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 49968

Assessor's Record, 34 Ellsworth Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: May Porter Use: Garage

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 150529

Alteration & School Addition to the Town Hall, Ellsworth, ca. 1953

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1953 Location: Ellsworth Client: Town of Ellsworth Architect: Alonzo J. Harriman Inc Architects Engineers

Item 151882

Merrill Farms, Ellsworth, 1997

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1997 Location: Ellsworth Clients: Merrill; Merrill Farms Architect: APM

Item 150217

Captain & Mrs. Albert Bloom house, Ellsworth, 1944

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1944 Location: Ellsworth Client: Capt. Albert Bloom Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Online Exhibits

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Father John Bapst: Catholicism's Defender and Promoter

Father John Bapst, a Jesuit, knew little of America or Maine when he arrived in Old Town in 1853 from Switzerland. He built churches and defended Roman Catholics against Know-Nothing activists, who tarred and feathered the priest in Ellsworth in 1854.

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Patriotism Shared

Post office clerks began collecting strong red, white, and blue string, rolling it onto a ball and passing it on to the next post office to express their support for the Union effort in the Civil War. Accompanying the ball was this paper scroll on which the clerks wrote messages and sometimes drew images.

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Otisfield's One-Room Schoolhouses

Many of the one-room schoolhouses in Otisfield, constructed from 1839 through the early twentieth century, are featured here. The photos, most of which also show teachers and children, were taken between 1898 and 1998.

Site Pages

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Ellsworth Public Library

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Telephone Museum

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin Sr. home, Ellsworth, 1823

"John Martin Sr. home, Ellsworth, 1823 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904)…"

My Maine Stories

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Anti-immigrant violence
by Matthew Jude Barker

Prejudice in Maine against immigrants dates back to at least the mid-1700s

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63 year Presque Isle High School Class Reunion
by Kathryn E Joy

What happens when there are no more reunions planned.

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A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner

With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.