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Keywords: William Bowdoin

Historical Items

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Item 22632

William A. Moody, Brunswick, 1905

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1905 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 17101

William Allen letter to William Winthrop, 1823

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1823 Location: Brunswick; Montville Media: Ink on paper, maps

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Item 23895

Invitation to speak at Bowdoin graduation, 1821

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1821 Location: Brunswick Media: Ink on paper

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Tax Records

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Item 33009

7-11 Bowdoin Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: William M Bradley Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 33150

56-60 Bowdoin Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Arthur S Bosworth Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 32735

127-129 Western Promenade, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Louise S Verrill Style: Queen Anne Use: Dwelling - Single family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151465

Galen C. Moses house, Bath, 1901

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1901 Location: Bath Client: Galen C. Moses Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

From Sewers to Skylines: William S. Edwards's 1887 Photo Album

William S. Edwards (1830-1918) was a civil engineer who worked for the City of Portland from 1876-1906. Serving as First Assistant to Chief Engineer William A. Goodwin, then to Commissioner George N. Fernald, Edwards was a fixture in City Hall for 30 consecutive years, proving indispensable throughout the terms of 15 Mayors of Portland, including all six of those held by James Phineas Baxter. Edwards made significant contributions to Portland, was an outstanding mapmaker and planner, and his works continue to benefit historians.

Exhibit

The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History

After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.

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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.

Site Pages

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Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"William graduated from Bowdoin College in 1962, and then went on to the Boston University of Law. After graduating cum laude from law school in 1965…"

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Narrative History: Maine Swedish Colony

"… Widgery (known as "W.W.") Thomas graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine in 1860 and was appointed by President Lincoln as one of the…"

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"William Bowdoin William Bowdoin became second only to Silvester Gardiner in proprietary influence from the beginning of 1752 to the start of the…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Maine family across the USA
by James Burton Wengler (Robinson)

A Maine family scattered across the USA

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My Involvement in Maine sports over the years
by Dick Whitmore

The key people and influences in my life growing up and my involvement in Maine sports