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Historical Items

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Item 102401

An old attic, West New Portland, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: New Portland Media: Lantern slide, hand colored

Item 1311

Attic bedroom, Glady Hasty Carroll home, 1937

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1937-07-31 Location: South Berwick Media: Photographic print

Item 18195

Attic loom, North Sebago, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Sebago Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Location: Sebago Media: Wood

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 150341

House for N. Clifford Brown, Esq. at 13 Bowdoin St., Portland, 1902

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1902 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Nathan Clifford Brown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Streetscape, 1790-1930

"… structure with no chimney, one opening at the attic level, and a walk-in door and a double door on the first floor."

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Shepard Cary: Lumberman, Legislator, Leader and Legend

Shepard Cary (1805-1866) was one of the leading -- and wealthiest -- residents of early Aroostook County. He was a lumberman, merchant, mill operator, and legislator.

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Silk Manufacturing in Westbrook

Cultivation of silkworms and manufacture of silk thread was touted as a new agricultural boon for Maine in the early 19th century. However, only small-scale silk production followed. In 1874, the Haskell Silk Co. of Westbrook changed that, importing raw silk, and producing silk machine twist threat, then fabrics, until its demise in 1930.

Site Pages

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Strong Historical Society

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Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"Most had an attic and some even had a basement. Many homes in town were also farms. There was a big barn down town that was used for the work horses."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Fires - 1849 to 1924

"… guardroom and was not discovered until the entire attic of the building was ablaze. Fire engines were soon on the scene but the valves had frozen…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood

An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.