Keywords: colonial lighthouse
Item 16423
Postcard Wood Island Lighthouse, Biddeford c 1902
Contributed by: Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse Date: 1902 Location: Biddeford Media: Postcard
Item 16489
Wood Island Lighthouse, Biddeford, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Jeremy D'Entremont, American Lighthouse Foundation through Friends of Wood Island Lighthouse Date: 1920 Location: Biddeford Media: Postcard
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.
Site Page
"… villages.” (Ghere, 513) Wood Island and lighthouse, Biddeford Pool, ca. 1915McArthur Public Library Their doom was just over the horizon…"
Site Page
Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements
"… Village and Grindle Point where Islesboro’s only lighthouse was built in 1850. A schoolhouse, the Creek School, located near the creek overlooking…"
