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Historical Items

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Item 28445

Brick from Montpelier, Thomaston, 1794

Contributed by: The General Henry Knox Museum Date: circa 1794 Location: Thomaston Media: Brick

Item 103874

Pepperell Mill #3 brick tunnel, Biddeford, 2015

Contributed by: Biddeford Mills Museum Date: circa 1854 Location: Biddeford Media: Digital Image

Item 18459

Mrs. Issac Barker, Houlton, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1880 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry

The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.

Exhibit

Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

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History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways

Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.

Site Pages

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"Door of Brick Inn. Notice the complex brick work around the entrance. (photo taken in 2020) X Who actually turned a one-family home into…"

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"A large, modern brick building was constructed on Elm Street and opened in 1911. It is named for Moses W."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Brick Works

"Several projects that may have used those bricks were in the works: Charles Bulfinch, a prominent Boston architect and principal in the Broad Street…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Catching live bait with Grandfather
by Randy Randall

We never bought live bait for fishing. Grandfather caught all the minnows and shiners we needed.