Keywords: Sarah Chamberlain
Item 13971
Spectacles worn by Sarah Chamberlain, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Brewer Public Library Date: circa 1880 Location: Brewer Media: Metal and glass
Item 13969
Gen. Joshua L. Chamberlain, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Brewer Public Library Date: circa 1865 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Rebecca Usher: 'To Succor the Suffering Soldiers'
Rebecca Usher of Hollis was 41 and single when she joined the Union nursing service at the U.S. General Hospital at Chester, Pennsylvania. Her time there and later at City Point, Virginia, were defining experiences of her life.
Exhibit
South Portland's Wartime Shipbuilding
Two shipyards in South Portland, built quickly in 1941 to construct cargo ships for the British and Americans, produced nearly 270 ships in two and a half years. Many of those vessels bore the names of notable Mainers.
