Keywords: Fraternity Club (Portland, Me.)
Item 14248
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1873 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 14251
Munroe A. Blanchard, Portland, 1874
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1874 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
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.
Exhibit
Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3
"… The Knights of Pythias was another post-Civil War fraternal organization and secret society founded at Washington, DC, in 1864."
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4
"… and service organizations, including the Gift Club, Senior Citizens Club, Aurora Grange, American Legion, Order of the Eastern Star, Freemasons…"
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
