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Historical Items

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Item 14589

Snowball hammer, ca. 1750

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1750 Media: Forged iron

Item 14459

Cobbler's hammer, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Davistown Museum Date: circa 1850 Media: Cast steel, wood

Item 19454

Macadam Hammer, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Granite Industry Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Mount Desert; Hall Quarry Media: Wood, metal

Tax Records

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Item 64302

42-44 Morning Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Frederick C. Hammer Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 98956

Assessor's Record, 1929-2013 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Riverton Realty Company Use: Amusement

Online Exhibits

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The Arrival of Winter

The astronomical arrival of winter -- also known as the winter solstice -- marks the year's shortest day and the season of snow and cold. It usually arrives on December 21.

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A Celebration of Skilled Artisans

The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, an organization formed to promote and support skilled craftsmen, celebrated civic pride and members' trades with a parade through Portland on Oct. 8, 1841 at which they displayed 17 painted linen banners with graphic and textual representations of the artisans' skills.

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Yarmouth: Leader in Soda Pulp

Yarmouth's "Third Falls" provided the perfect location for papermaking -- and, soon, for producing soda pulp for making paper. At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, Yarmouth was an international leader in soda pulp production.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - Logging

"An axe would be a lot harder to make than a hammer. A axe would take about two full weeks to make while a hammer would take at least four days to a…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 4 of 7

"… most meetings where company policies were hammered out. Boston women actively participated in other financial ventures in the eighteenth century…"

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Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"… ends and sides shown in assembly with nails and hammer. The size of the box is different than the several Hall recorded, but there is nothing here…"

My Maine Stories

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Decontie and Brown's venture in high fashion design
by Decontie and Brown

Penobscot haute couture designs from Bangor