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Item 12545

Armory, Portland, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 25615

Milk Street Armory, Portland, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Maritime Museum Date: 1898 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Item 31201

Kennebec viewed from Ferry Hill, Chelsea, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1895 Location: Chelsea Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110160

Rumford Armory, Portland, 1940-1941

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1940–1941 Location: Portland Clients: Town of Rumford; State of Maine Architect: John Howard Stevens

Item 116397

Rumford Armory, Rumford, 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1940 Location: Rumford Client: State of Maine Military Defence Commission Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 110158

Rebuilding Armory State Military Defense Commision, Portland, 1946-1947

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1946–1947 Location: Portland Client: United States Government Architect: John Howard Stevens John Calvin Stevens II Architects

Online Exhibits

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Mellie Dunham's dance band, Norway, ca. 1925

Remembering Mellie Dunham: Snowshoe Maker and Fiddler

Alanson Mellen "Mellie" Dunham and his wife Emma "Gram" Dunham were well-known musicians throughout Maine and the nation in the early decades of the 20th century. Mellie Dunham also received fame as a snowshoe maker.

Exhibit

Dave Glovsky and Louis Armstrong, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1955

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"… Beach, Portland and Lewiston-movie theaters, armories, basketball courts and hockey arenas. Potential audiences of that size put southern Maine on…"

Exhibit

Maine Soldiers' Relief Association card, Washington, ca. 1863

The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families

The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Jonathan P. Cilley Personal Sketch from P. Henry Tillson Post Journal, Thomaston, Maine 1895

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"§ Confined in Armory Square Hospital from December 1863 to April 1864. § Participated in the Battle of North Anna May 23-26, 1864."

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Rendering for Irving C. Bailey Esq., Winthrop, 1883

Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson

"… (1902), the Castle in Deering Oaks (1894), the Armory on Milk Street (1895), the Masonic Temple on Congress Street (1912), the Exposition Building…"

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Grist and saw mills on the Upper Falls, Rumford, ca. 1895

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… School basketball was played at the old Rumford Armory, and many of the great players of that era were being closely watched by the eyes of the…"