Keywords: post exchange
Item 20864
Middle and Exchange streets, Portland, 1988
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1988 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 13571
Camp Houlton Post Exchange staff, 1945
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 50794
Assessor's Record, 65-79 Exchange Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: U.S. Government Use: Post Office
Item 63258
Assessor's Record, 65-79 Exchange Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: United States Government Use: Post Office
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
George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator
George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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Architecture & Landscape database - Frederick A. Tompson
"… Insurance Company Building (1900-01), both on Exchange Street. The Walker Memorial Library in Westbrook (1892) is considered one of his finest…"
Story
Ever-Changing Rules
by anonymous
A former prison volunteer describes their experience running a program on the inside.
