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Item 74466

Model windmill, West Houlton, 1865

Model windmill, West Houlton, 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1865 Location: West Houlton Media: Wood, metal

Item 81733

John Wheeler and Son, coal and lumber, Westbrook, ca. 1890

John Wheeler and Son, coal and lumber, Westbrook, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: circa 1890 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print

Item 31759

Water Street, Lubec, ca. 1900, ca. 1900

Water Street, Lubec, ca. 1900, ca. 1900

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

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Samoset Hotel, Rockport, ca. 1930

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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Fish Cannery, Brooklin, ca. 1900

Early Fish Canneries in Brooklin

By the 1900s, numerous fish canneries began operating in Center Harbor, located within the Brooklin community. For over thirty years, these plants were an important factor in the community.

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Reddy Kilowatt lapel pin, ca. 1955

Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.