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Item 29436

Hallowell Steam and Boom Company, Hallowell, ca. 1895

Courtesy of Sumner A. Webber, Sr., an individual partner Date: circa 1895 Location: Hallowell; Chelsea Media: Photographic print

Item 34199

Grange Hall, Milliken's Crossing, Hallowell, ca. 1933

Contributed by: Emma Clark Weeks through Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1933 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 76191

Vaughan's Bridge, Portland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Greater Portland Landmarks Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

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Online Exhibits

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Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In

Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.

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Eye in the Sky

In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland Press Herald title. He followed in 1925 with the purchase the Portland Evening Express, which allowed him to combine two passions: photography and aviation.

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Luxurious Leisure

From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.

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Historic Hallowell - Industry on Bombahook

"We do know the stream was renamed Vaughan Stream after the Vaughan Family inherited it from Benjamin Hallowell's family in the late 1700's."

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Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"Vaughan Brook tumbled into the Kennebec on the north side of Sheppard's Point. The stream provided power for several mills including a sandpaper…"

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Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"… with houses would be towed into the cove below Vaughan's Point. Steam and Boom Company, Log Driver's Shack, Hallowell, ca.1890Hubbard Free…"