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Historical Items

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Item 18649

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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Item 17583

Elizabeth Oakes Smith, ca. 1851

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

Item 16110

Letter from John Neal to Elizabeth Oakes Smith, 1846

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1846 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Tax Records

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Item 49946

185 Edwards Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Raymond S Oaks Use: Bungalow

Item 36909

183 Clark Street, Portland, 1924

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

Item 38792

57 Oak Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Joseph Keegan Use: Lunch Cart

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109819

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

Item 109292

Oak Hotel additions & alterations, Presque Isle, 1943

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

Item 109949

Rock Garden for Deering Oaks, Detail of Planning, Portland, 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1935 Location: Portland Client: City of Portland Architect: unknown

Online Exhibits

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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.

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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."

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Summer's Favorite Game

Baseball often is called the National Pastime. For many people, baseball is encountered in the backyard and down the street, a game played by a few or the full contingent of a team.

Site Pages

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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."

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Boothbay Region Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: The Funeral

"… where Knox’s tomb was located under his favorite oak. That Knox’s funeral was a major town event is attested to by the account submitted to Knox’s…"

My Maine Stories

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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

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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.

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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby

This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars