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Item 20752

School House, Stockholm, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Stockholm Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Stockholm Media: Postcard

Item 10340

Stockholm, looking south, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Stockholm Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Stockholm Media: Photographic print

Item 10336

Company Store, Stockholm, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Stockholm Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Stockholm Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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High Water

Melting snow, ice, warmer temperatures, and rain sometimes bring floods to Maine's many rivers and streams. Floods are most frequent in the spring, but can occur at any season.

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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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Picturing Henry

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's popularity in the 19th century is reflected by the number of images of him -- in a variety of media -- that were produced and reproduced, some to go with published works of his, but many to be sold to the public on cards and postcards.

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Stockholm Historical Society

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"Even today, there are few people that live in Stockholm. The Stockholm School has closed and now the children go to New Sweden School."

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"The Mills and Lumber Compnay of Stockholm Mills, Stockholm, ca. 1900Stockholm Historical Society In 1900 though 1901 a dam was created to be…"