Keywords: Offer To Purchase
Item 31420
Telegram offering to pay for Brady Gang film, Bangor, 1937
Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1937-10-12 Location: Bangor Media: Ink on paper
Item 112088
Pejepscot Company Records, Volume 5, 1673–1856
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1673–1856
Location: Brunswick; Topsham
Media: Ink on paper
This record contains 546 images.
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
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.
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1850 to 1870
"Purchased and renovated by the Thomaston Historical Society, to this day, this 1796 brick building survives and serves as its headquarters. <- Prev."
Site Page
Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings
"… and attempted to entice European settlers to purchase, settle, and develop the lands. In the same way, he viewed the lands he held in the Waldo…"
Story
Peter Spanos fled the genocide in Turkey to Maine
by anonymous
Peter Spanos fled the Greek genocide in Smyrna in 1922, coming to Maine to work as a fruit peddler
Story
Reverend Thomas Smith of First Parish Portland
by Kristina Minister, Ph.D.
Pastor, Physician, Real Estate Speculator, and Agent for Wabanaki Genocide
