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Item 11425

X-ray photograph of hand, ca. 1896

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1896 Location: Watertown Media: Photographic print

Item 18447

Letter to Horatio Jose, Portland, from Ossian Ray, 1886

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1886 Location: Colebrook; Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 30915

Major Ray P. Eaton, Brunswick, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1890 Location: Brunswick; Bath Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 85120

Ray property, Natick Street, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Clyde Ray Use: Summer Dwelling

Item 84060

Ray Jr. property, N. Side Prop Third Street, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: William A. Ray Jr. Use: Garage

Item 84054

Ray Jr. property, N. Side Prop. Third Street, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: William a. Ray Jr. Use: Summer Dwelling

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151141

Augusta State Hospital Ray Building, Augusta, 1935-1936

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1935–1936 Location: Augusta Client: State of Maine Architect: John Howard Stevens John Calvin Stevens II Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Graduation Season

Graduations -- and schools -- in the 19th through the first decade of the 20th century often were small affairs and sometimes featured student presentations that demonstrated what they had learned. They were not necessarily held in May or June, what later became the standard "end of the school year."

Exhibit

The Kotzschmar Memorial Organ

A fire and two men whose lives were entwined for more than 50 years resulted in what is now considered to be "the Jewel of Portland" -- the Austin organ that was given to the city of Portland in 1912.

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.

Site Pages

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Maternity, Hallowell Granite Works, ca. 1895

Historic Hallowell - Ice; The Ice Storm of 1998; Ice Storm '98

"Ice comes and stays, ready to melt from the sun rays. Ice is sticking to trees like glue, CMP works even they got the flu."

Site Page

Presque Isle: The Star City - Grant Memorial United Methodist Church

"Thompson and Ray Hews, the chairman, who were both at the ground breaking on April 27, 1997. The church was dedicated in January of 1998."

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Mercy Hospital technician, Portland, ca. 1941

Mercy Hospital - Growth & Expansion - Page 2 of 2

"… Burns R.N.R.T., supervisor of the hospital’s X-Ray Department, the school achieved accreditation by the American Registry of X-Ray Technicians in…"