Keywords: Poles
Item 35447
Loading telephone poles, Masardis, ca. 1895
Contributed by: D'Anne Baillargeon through Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: circa 1895 Location: Masardis Media: Glass Negative
Item 15927
Men Hoisting Telephone Pole After the 1905 Fire, Sanford, 1905
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: 1905 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative
Exhibit
Settling along the Androscoggin and Kennebec
The Proprietors of the Township of Brunswick was a land company formed in 1714 and it set out to settle lands along the Androscoggin and Kennebec Rivers in Maine.
Exhibit
Selections from the Collections
Maine Historical Society staff come across unique and unforgettable items in our collections every day. While it's difficult to choose favorites from a dynamic collection, this exhibit features memorable highlights as selected by members of the MHS staff.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1890
"… Lincoln, prior to paved roads; however, utility poles are present. The Civil War monument and Methodist Church are visible in the background, as…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Gate no 2 design, Bangor, 1867
"… with small round cedar crooks and straight poles as convenience may occur and hung on iron grudgeons set in the centre of the posts so as to swing…"
Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
