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Item 105317

Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: 1878 Location: Richmond Media: Lithograph

Item 6408

Ice houses, Richmond, ca. 1883

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1883 Location: Richmond Media: Ink on paper

Item 6407

Kennebec River and ice houses, Richmond, ca. 1883

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1883 Location: Richmond Media: Ink on paper

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Ice harvesting, Kennebec River, ca. 1900

Student Exhibit: Ice Harvesting

Ice Harvesting was a big industry on the Kennebec River. Several million tons of ice could be harvested in a few weeks. In 1886 the Kennebec River topped the million ton on ice production.

Exhibit

Colonial Cartography: The Plymouth Company Maps

The Plymouth Company (1749-1816) managed one of the very early land grants in Maine along the Kennebec River. The maps from the Plymouth Company's collection of records constitute some of the earliest cartographic works of colonial America.

Exhibit

Paddling into a flooded garage, Saco, 1936

Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood

Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood examines the monumental destruction caused by the historic flood of 1936 through the comprehensive and innovative photojournalism done by the Guy Gannett Publishing Company in the weeks surrounding the flood.