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Historical Items

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Item 21146

Linseed oil container, ca. 1930

Contributed by: New Sweden Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: New Sweden Media: Wood

Item 34198

Fuller Foundry, Milliken's Crossing, Hallowell, ca. 1933

Contributed by: Hubbard Free Library Date: circa 1933 Location: Hallowell Media: Photographic print

Item 135786

Dining Room, Yellow House, Gardiner, ca. 1985

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1985 Location: Gardiner Media: photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Inside the Yellow House

Photographer Elijah Cobb's 1985 portfolio of the Laura E. Richards House, with text by Rosalind Cobb Wiggins and Laura E. Putnam.

Exhibit

A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915

After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - Early Industry and Bombahook

"… soon followed, as did a woodworking mill and a linseed oil factory. Sheppard's PointHubbard Free Library Sheppard's Point was the location of…"

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Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"The putty was made of ground chalk, linseed oil, and polybutene. Slate was used for roofs, floors, paints, and blackboards."

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Historic Hallowell - The Vaughan Stream & Sawmills

"One of the earliest industries was the Linseed Oil factory. In 1879, the Knickerbocker Ice Company had several ice houses, and the ice was cut from…"