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Keywords: Infirmaries

Historical Items

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Item 10355

Maine Eye & Ear Infirmary, Portland, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Postcard

Item 10356

Maine Eye & Ear Infirmary, Portland, 1907

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1907-08-21 Location: Southport; Portland Media: Postcard

Item 10152

Pathway to the Infirmary at Camp Runoia, Belgrade Lakes, 1947

Contributed by: Camp Runoia Date: 1947 Location: Belgrade Lakes Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 39865

Assessor's Record, 275 Vaughan Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Maine Eye & Ear Infirmary Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 39863

794-800 Congress Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Maine Eye & Ear Infirmary Use: Stores

Item 39864

Assessor's Record, 794-800 Congress Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Maine Eye & Ear Infirmary Use: Hospital

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 150966

Electric Passenger elevator for Children's Hospital, Portland, 1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Item 151656

Walker Street improvement for Dr. Holt, Portland, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Portland Client: E. E. Holt Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Doing Good: Medical Stories of Maine

Throughout Maine’s history, individuals have worked to improve and expand medical care, not only for the health of those living in Maine, but for many around the world who need care and help.

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Maine Medical Center, Bramhall Campus

Maine Medical Center, founded as Maine General Hospital, has dominated Portland’s West End since its construction in 1871 on Bramhall Hill. As the medical field grew in both technological and social practice, the facility of the hospital also changed. This exhibit tracks the expansion and additions to that original building as the hospital adapted to its patients’ needs.

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One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC

In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.

Site Pages

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Mercy Hospital - Portland Hospitals Before Mercy

"Eye and Ear Infirmary, Portland, ca. 1900Maine Historical Society In Portland, the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary opened in 1886 as a place to treat…"

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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My Maine Stories

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Maine Eye & Ear Infirmary Birth
by Anonymous

My birth at the Portland Eye & Ear Infirmary/ Children's Hospital in 1951

Story

Sister Therese Bouthot:Life of service as a Good Shepherd sister
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

From humble beginnings to playing a leadership role in the service of others

Story

Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR