Keywords: Tomlinson Co.
Item 20298
Milliken-Tomlinson Co. outing, Portland, 1902
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1902-07-19 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 12913
Milliken-Tomlinson Co., Portland, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 37362
295 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Clinton W. Davis Agent Use: Mercantile
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.
