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Item 28537

Victorian House, Lubec, ca. 1906, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Lubec Media: Photograph on card

Item 80349

Walter Wotton house, Friendship, ca. 1907, ca. 1907

Contributed by: Friendship Museum Date: circa 1907 Location: Friendship Media: Photographic print

Item 105396

Victorian-era cotton dress, ca. 1855

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Media: cotton

Tax Records

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Item 31995

3 Abbott Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Willis H. Rolfe Style: Vernacular Victorian Use: Dwelling - Two family

Item 31996

2 Abbott Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: George S. Reed Style: Vernacular Victorian Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 31997

11 Abbott Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Hellen M. Wells Style: Vernacular Victorian Use: Dwelling - Single family

Online Exhibits

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"Chops and Tomato Sauce" as prepared for Samuel Pickwick, ca. 1890

Sugar and Spice: Our Vintage Recipes

Sugar and Spice: Our Vintage Recipes showcases historic recipes, dating from the 18th century to the 1950s, like sweet treats, traditional favorites, promotional printings, medicinal concoctions, curious libations, and recipes that have fallen out of favor.

Exhibit

Longfellow: The Man Who Invented America

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a man and a poet of New England conscience. He was influenced by his ancestry and his Portland boyhood home and experience.

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Summer Folk: The Postcard View

Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."