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Historical Items

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Item 9779

Bicycle Race at Oak Grove Park, Springvale, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print

Item 66311

Oak Grove Hotel, Boothbay, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 148227

Portland and Grove Streets, with entrance to Deering Oaks, Portland, 1887

Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-08-13 Location: Portland Media: Photgraphic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109817

Oak Grove Seminary, Vassalboro, 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1885 Location: Vassalboro Client: unkown Architect: George M. Coombs

Item 116604

Sewall camp additions, Phippsburg, 1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1914 Location: Phippsburg Client: Harold M. Sewall Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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From Sewers to Skylines: William S. Edwards's 1887 Photo Album

William S. Edwards (1830-1918) was a civil engineer who worked for the City of Portland from 1876-1906. Serving as First Assistant to Chief Engineer William A. Goodwin, then to Commissioner George N. Fernald, Edwards was a fixture in City Hall for 30 consecutive years, proving indispensable throughout the terms of 15 Mayors of Portland, including all six of those held by James Phineas Baxter. Edwards made significant contributions to Portland, was an outstanding mapmaker and planner, and his works continue to benefit historians.

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Women Leaders and Temperance

"… the pine forests in the north to the palmetto groves in the south. We verily believe that the amendment for national constitutional prohibition is…"

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A Craze for Cycling

Success at riding a bike mirrored success in life. Bicycling could bring families together. Bicycling was good for one's health. Bicycling was fun. Bicycles could go fast. Such were some of the arguments made to induce many thousands of people around Maine and the nation to take up the new pastime at the end of the nineteenth century.

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Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"He is buried in Bath at the Oak Grove Cemetery. Gershom H. Palmer opened a dry goods business in 1868, lasting at 94 Front Street until 1876."