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Item 25907

Margaret Chase Smith campaign hat, 1964

Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1964 Media: Photographic print

Item 25853

Margaret Chase Smith, Newberry's Department Store, New Hampshire, 1964

Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1964-02-24 Media: Photographic print

Item 25878

Margaret Chase Smith, Hat to Toss in Ring, 1964

Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1964 Location: Skowhegan Media: Silk

Tax Records

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Item 77830

26 Taylor Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Blackstone & Smith Use: Storage & Shop

Item 32902

10 Avon Court, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Harriette C Smith Use: Garage & Shop

Item 54940

803 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Allen Smith Company Use: Shop - Auto Supplies

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Pepperell Manufacturing fire insurance map, 1929

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

Waldoboro Fire Department's 175 Years

While the town of Waldoboro was chartered in 1773, it began organized fire protection in 1838 with a volunteer fire department and a hand pump fire engine, the Water Witch.

Exhibit

Princeton: Woods and Water Built This Town

Princeton benefited from its location on a river -- the St. Croix -- that was useful for transportation of people and lumber and for powering mills as well as on its proximity to forests.

Site Pages

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Main Street through "the village," Strong, ca. 1890

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… town did not sell liquor but did have a beauty shop, greenhouse, garage, creamery, butcher shop, and livery stables. Dr. Charles W."

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Ox team, Upper Main Street, Strong, ca. 1910

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Wood Products of Strong

"… for a time but was quickly rebuilt and an enamel shop was added, and production of special-order finished items increased."

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Primary, grammar and high school building, Strong, ca. 1905

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"The cheese shop survived more than a decade, but the business owners struggled with the process of collecting the milk, and even faced a lack of cows…"