Keywords: Grace Frost
Item 101795
Women in parade carriage, South Berwick, 1914
Contributed by: Old Berwick Historical Society Date: 1914 Location: South Berwick Media: Photographic print
Item 26535
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1804-11-10 Location: Kittery Media: Watercolor on paper
Item 36043
9-11 Cedar Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Grace Lillian Frost Use: Apartment
Item 36044
Assessor's Record, 9-11 Cedar Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Grace Lillian Frost Use: Garage
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
Exhibit
A Portland newspaper wrote about an ice storm of January 28, 1886 saying, "The city of Portland was visited yesterday by the most inconvenient storm of the season."
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