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Historical Items

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Item 101514

Waves at Fortune's Rocks, Biddeford, ca. 1915

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1915 Location: Biddeford Media: Glass Negative

Item 148250

Breakers, Cape Elizabeth Shore, 1887

Contributed by: City of Portland - Planning & Development Date: 1887-09-02 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Photographic Print

Item 149695

Storm waves slam Ocean Pier, Old Orchard Beach, 1933

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1933 Location: Old Orchard Media: Glass Negative

Tax Records

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Item 99036

Assessor's Record, 1929-2013 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Riverton Realty Company Use: Amusement

Item 83605

Orr property, N. Side Sunset Road, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Friederich G. Orr Use: Dwelling

Online Exhibits

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Cape Elizabeth Shipwrecks

The rocky coastline of Cape Elizabeth has sent many vessels to their watery graves.

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Music in Maine - Music Makers

"… Society Mellie Dunham playing 'Rippling Waves,' 1926 Listen to Mellie Dunham playing Ripping Waves WaltzNorway Historical Society…"

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Music in Maine - Music in Maine

"When radio and television waves raced across Maine in the 20th century, instead of diluting musical traditions, these influences layered blues…"

Site Pages

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More Permanent Settlers Arrive

"More Permanent Settlers Arrive Two major waves of settlers arrived after 1768 – the first from Gloucester, Massachusetts in addition to James…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865

"… and Elmer went on the excursion on Fairy of the Wave, a vessel Hugh Ross had built with a dance floor on each deck."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… earlier when the ship was struck by a large wave and Captain Lermond’s wife was struck on the head by a beam that had become dislodged. Mrs."

My Maine Stories

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Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne

Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII

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Ogunquit Beach Sonnet
by Shannon Schooley

Sonnet written for school when I was 12 years old.

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Tammy Ackerman: Falling in love with Biddeford
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

Someone "from away" who fell in love with Biddeford and contributed to its transformation