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Item 9917

Nowell Home, Main Street, Sanford, after 1905

Nowell Home, Main Street, Sanford, after 1905

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: 1906–1915 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print

Item 9946

6 Bodwell Street, Sanford, ca. 1900

6 Bodwell Street, Sanford, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print

Item 21435

Remains of Sanford Light & Water Company Standpipe, Hanson's Ridge, Sanford, 1904

Remains of Sanford Light & Water Company Standpipe, Hanson's Ridge, Sanford, 1904

Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: 1914-11-17 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative

Online Exhibits

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Casco Castle, South Freeport, ca. 1910

The Trolley Parks of Maine

At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.

Exhibit

Trustees' Office, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, ca. 1915

In Time and Eternity: Shakers in the Industrial Age

"In Time and Eternity: Maine Shakers in the Industrial Age 1872-1918" is a series of images that depict in detail the Shakers in Maine during a little explored time period of expansion and change.

Exhibit

Reddy Kilowatt lapel pin, ca. 1955

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.