Keywords: Hallowell Post Office
Item 31077
Flood, Merchants Row, Hallowell, 1896
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: 1896 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Item 29185
Dr. Clearwater's Pharmacy, Hallowell, ca. 1904
Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1904 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Maine's natural resources -- granite, limestone and slate in particular -- along with its excellent ports made it a leader in mining and production of the valuable building materials. Stone work also attracted numerous skilled immigrants.
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Historic Hallowell - Post Office and Fire Station
"Post Office and Fire Station Hallowell Post OfficeHubbard Free Library Judy Longfellow, Post Woman written by Sam Gilbert Q How old were you…"
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Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Ship Captains
"Post Office, which is on Winthrop Street and still stands today. Unlike most of the sailors of Hallowell, when Agry was only eighteen, he was the…"
