Lamson Studio collection of glass plate negatives, ca. 1900.

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Lamson Studio collection of glass plate negatives, ca. 1900.

Glass plate negatives of many places in Maine including Portland City Hall, schools, Post Office, Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary, Baxter Building, Falmouth Hotel, State Street Church; Cape Elizabeth: Cape Theatre and Robb House; South Portland: Fort Preble: Cushing Island, views and Ottawa House; views of Hope Island, Little Chebeague Island, Orrs Island, Peaks Island, Pumpkin Knob, Boothbay Harbor, Camden, Fort Edgecomb, Mt. Kineo, Fort Popham, Rockledge Hotel (Popham Beach), Rangeley Lakes, Rockport Harbor, Rumford views and Rumford Falls, and Sandy River; Boston, Mass.: Old South Church, Trinity Church, Massachusetts State House; and schooner May Queen and photographs printed from glass plates.

2.5 linear ft. (5 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8067004

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Massachusetts State House (Boston, Mass.)

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Portland Post Office (Portland, Me.)

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Trinity Church (Boston, Mass.)

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Old South Church (Boston, Mass.)

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Third Church gathered in 1669 by seceders from First Church; in 1717 name changed to Old South Church. From the description of Third Church records, 1674 May 28. (American Congregational Association). WorldCat record id: 70948286 Third Church gathered in 1669 by seceders from First Church; in 1717 name changed to Old South Church (also called Marlborough Street Church); present meeting house built in 1730 and is owned by Old South Association; in 1875 church moved to the cor...

Falmouth Hotel (Portland, Me.)

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Built by John Bundy Brown in 1868; became a center for popular social and political gatherings; torn down in the 1950s. From the description of Hotel registers, 1868-1916. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70976846 ...

May Queen (Schooner)

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Cape Cottage Casino (Cape Elizabeth, Me.)

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State Street Congregational Church (Portland, Me.)

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Robb House (Cape Elizabeth, Me.)

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Baxter Building (Portland, Me.)

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Ottawa House (Cushing Island, Me.)

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The Ottawa House catered to English Canadian tourists. Lemuel Cushing was a businessman and pioneer in the Ottawa valley. In 1859 he bought Cushing Island in Portland Harbor, Me. He planned to turn this island into a summer resort and built the Ottawa House hotel there. Lemuel's son, Francis Cushing, formed Cushing's Island Company in 1883 and hired Frederick Law Olmsted and Charles Eliot to design a summer resort. The first Ottawa House was destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1888. The second Otta...

Maine Eye & Ear Infirmary (Portland, Me.)

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Lamson, Joseph Harrison, 1840-1902

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Resident of Lubec, Maine. Lamson arrived in San Francisco, 1852, and operated a grocery in Sacramento. From the description of Sketch of a hasty tour through a part of Maine, Lower Canada, Vermont, and New Hampshire in the months of July and August 1827, 1827 Nov. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 62255999 ...

Portland City Hall (Portland, Me.)

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Rockledge Hotel (Popham Beach, Me.)

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Lamson Studio (Portland, Me.)

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Owned by Joseph H. Lamson, photographer. From the description of Lamson Studio collection of glass plate negatives, 1800s-ca. 1900. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70979386 From the description of Lamson Studio collection of glass plate negatives, ca. 1900. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70979382 ...