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Item 70064

Bathing beach, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 30947

Old Orchard Beach, 1908

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1908 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print

Item 105521

Views of Old Orchard Beach, 1879

Contributed by: Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education Date: circa 1879 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Lithograph

Tax Records

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Item 32542

Assessor's Record, 23-25 Beach, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Company Use: Dwelling - Two family

Item 84117

Fogg property, Beach Avenue, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: George L Fogg Use: Shed

Item 86394

Dyer property, Beach Road, Cliff Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Harriet A. Dyer Use: Dwelling

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 150994

Addition to the House at Grand Beach for J.C. Hamlen Esq., Old Orchard, 1937

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1937 Location: Old Orchard Client: J. C. Hamlen Architect: John P. Thomas

Item 151167

Valle's Steak House, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1975-1977

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1975–1977 Location: Virginia Beach Client: Valle's Steak House, Inc. Architect: Wadsworth, Boston, Dimick, Mercer & Weatherill

Item 150980

Proposed alterations to the Atlantic House at Scarborough Beach, Scarborough, ca. 1911

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1911 Location: Scarborough Client: unknown Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House, Westport Island, 2016

Mural mystery in Westport Island's Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House

The Cornelius Tarbox, Jr. House, a well-preserved Greek Revival house on Westport Island, has a mystery contained within--a panoramic narrative mural. The floor-to-ceiling mural contains eight painted panels that create a colorful coastal seascape which extends through the front hallway and up the stairwell. The name of the itinerant painter has been lost over time, can you help us solve the mystery of who he or she was?

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Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Congress Street, Portland, ca. 1890

Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.

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Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs

The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.