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Fishing boat, c. 1920
Maine Historical Society, Still Image

View of the deck of a working fishing vessel. This photograph is part of the Portland Company collection.

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Fishing boats
Fishing industry
Ships
Trawlers (Vessels)

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Gilbertville Steam Lumber Mill, 1906
Maine Historical Society, Still Image

The lumber mill at Gilbertville, in a photo taken in the summer of 1906 by Damon B. Perry, a Rumford photographer. Perry was hired by the Portland & Rumford Falls Railway to photographically document the condition of the mill buildings.

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Lumber industry -- Maine
Photographers
Portland & Rumford Falls Railway Company
Sawmills -- Maine -- Gilbertville

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Gilbertville steam lumber mill, 1906
Maine Historical Society, Still Image

Photographer Damon B. Perry depicted the Gilbertville steam lumber mill in 1906. The defunct mill was on the Portland & Rumford Falls Railway line, which commissioned the photograph.

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Lumber industry -- Maine
Photographers
Portland and Rumford Falls Railway Company
Sawmills -- Maine -- Gilbertville -- Photographs

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Grand Trunk R. R. Station, Portland, Me.
Fogler Special Collections, Still Image

Postcard, "Grand Trunk R. R. Station, Portland, Me." Prior to the construction of the interstate highway system after World War Two, railroads were an important means of transportation for both people and goods within Maine and elsewhere. The ornate design of the railway station is a distinct contrast to the working areas of the same railway depot.

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Railroad stations
Railroads
Railroads
Transportation

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Hunting at Moosehead Lake, Maine, August 1887
Maine Historical Society, Still Image



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Cushing's Island (Me.)
Fort Preble (Portland, Me.)
Fort Scammell (Portland, Me.)
Forts and fortifications -- U.S. -- Maine -- Portland
Harbors
House Island (Me.)
Islands -- Maine
Portland Harbor (Me.)
Sailing ships
Steamboats

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Inventory of lumber, Gilbertville Steam Lumber Mill, 1906
Maine Historical Society, Text

W.I. White Building Co. prepared an inventory of the lumber in the buildings that made up the defunct Gilbertville Steam Lumber Mill. The inventory was prepared for the Portland & Rumford Falls Railway.

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Gilbertville Steam Lumber Mill (Me.) -- Inventories
Lumber industry -- Maine -- Gilbertville
Mills -- Maine -- Gilbertville
W. I. White Building Company (Me.)
White, W. I.

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J.G. Deering & Son Lumber Co.
Maine Historical Society, Still Image

Image of the interior of the J.G. Deering & Son Lumber Co. mill in Portland, Maine.

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J.G. Deering & Son -- Employees -- Photographs
Lumber industry -- Maine -- Biddeford
Lumber mills -- Maine -- Biddeford
Sawmills -- Maine -- Biddeford

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Kingfisher fishing vessel, ca. 1900
Maine Historical Society, Still Image

Exterior view of the details on the Kingfisher. This is part of the Portland Company collection including the years 1850-1920, an engineering firm and foundry in Portland, Maine. The collection includes engineering plans of locomotives, fire engines, marine engines, and other items manufactured by the company, photos, specification books, account books, printing plates and other memorabilia.

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Fishing boats -- Maine
Kingfisher (Ship) -- Photographs
Portland Company (Portland, Me.)
Ships -- Maine

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Letter from A. R. Robinson to Lucretia Turner
Fogler Special Collections, Text

Letter from (Mrs.?) A. R. Robinson of Portland, Maine, to Mrs. Lucretia Turner of Deer Isle. The letter discusses the room preferences of Mrs. Robinson and her party for the summer, and also where individuals will get their board, or food, during their summer visit to Deer Isle. This type of boarding was common during the early period of summer tourism on the Maine coast. Some coastal and island residents would vacate their homes for the summer in order to accommodate tourists, while others rented out spare rooms.

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Food
Recreation/Tourism
Tourism
Vacation rentals

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Letter to the Maine Indian Agent in Portland from Massachusetts Secretaty of State Edward Bangs
Maine State Archives, Text

Letter to the Maine Indian Agent in Portland from Massachusetts Secretaty of State Edward Bangs regarding the title by the Penobscot Indians to certain islands in the Penobscot River.

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Indians of North America
Conflict-Stability: control of Maine, land disputes, French-English-Indians
Indians -- Land tenure
Indians -- land rights
Penobscot River (ME)
Penobscot Tribe
Land Disputes

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