Keywords: George J Wight
Item 148212
Bowdoin Street, Portland, 1887
Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-06-30 Location: Portland Media: Photographic Print
Item 70441
List of Veterans who were paid a bounty by the town of Sebago, 1868
Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: 1868-08-25 Location: Sebago Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator
George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.
Exhibit
Promoting Rockland Through a Stereopticon, 1875
Frank Crockett and photographer J.P. Armbrust took stereo views of Rockland's downtown, industry, and notable homes in the 1870s as a way to promote tourism to the town.
