Keywords: Ship maker
Item 15209
Contributed by: City of Brewer Date: circa 1865 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print
Item 66533
The Wedding Cake House, Kennebunk, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Kennebunk Media: Linen texture postcard
Exhibit
In 1857, when Daniel Cough left Amoy Island, China, as a stowaway on a sailing ship from Mt. Desert Island he was on his way into history as the first Chinese person to make his home in Maine. He was soon followed by a cigar maker and a tea merchant who settled in Portland and then by many more Chinese men who spread all over Maine working mostly as laundrymen.
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Winter Fun
"… cream when they had enough snow for the ice cream makers. Russell (son at left) and Judson Smith were making ice cream, circa 1942."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4
"In May of 1776, Betsy Ross, often known as the maker of the American Flag, reported that she had sewed the first American Flag."
