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Elizabeth Oakes Smith account of climbing Katahdin, 1849

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1849-09-12 Media: Ink on paper

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Elizabeth Oakes Smith, ca. 1851

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1851 Media: Oil on canvas

185 Edwards Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Raymond S Oaks Use: Bungalow

183 Clark Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Jessie S Bain Use: Dwelling - Single family

Sketch of Offices for Messrs. Oakes, Pulsifer and Ludden, Auburn, 1909

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909 Location: Auburn Client: Oakes, Pulsifer and Ludden Architect: Coombs and Gibbs Architects

Oak Hotel additions & alterations, Presque Isle, 1943

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: Presque Isle Client: Oak Hotel Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Indians at the Centennial

Passamaquoddy Indians from Washington County traveled to Portland in 1920 to take part in the Maine Centennial Exposition. They set up an "Indian Village" at Deering Oaks Park.

Most Inconvenient Storm

A Portland newspaper wrote about an ice storm of January 28, 1886 saying, "The city of Portland was visited yesterday by the most inconvenient storm of the season."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Oak Hotel

"But on April 12, 1975, the short life of the Oak Hotel came to an end when it burned down. It was never rebuilt."

Boothbay Region Historical Society

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Peter Spanos fled the genocide in Turkey to Maine
by anonymous

Peter Spanos fled the Greek genocide in Smyrna in 1922, coming to Maine to work as a fruit peddler

Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall

Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.