Keywords: lamps
Item 18743
Silver plated brass oil lamp, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Houlton Media: Brass, silver, glass
Item 74877
Quartz-arc halogen lamp, ca. 1980
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1980 Media: Glass, metal
Item 37520
201-323 West Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Co. Use: Lamp House
Item 70263
Assessor's Record, 43-45 Pleasant Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Samuel H. Whitney Use: Lamp House
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
Exhibit
From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Lamps and stove, John Martin store, Bangor, 1864
"Lamps and stove, John Martin store, Bangor, 1864 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Two kerosene…"
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - John and Clara Martin wedding hack, Bangor, 1850
"… the pole and all the window trimmings the glass lamps on the side of the drivers seat were cut the windows were one pane of clear thick German…"
Story
making light
by David Johansen
My relationship with Maine and how and why I make neon lights here.
