Category Archives: Museum Monday

1875 Tax Valuation Records

Posted on August 25, 2018 by Don Taylor

Museum Monday I had the opportunity to visit the Maine State Library and scan the 1875 Scarborough, Maine, Tax Valuation Record using their Zeutschel OS 12002. It is a multi-camera book scanner that creates high-resolution images of bound and oversized … Continue reading →

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1841 Tax Valuation Records

Posted on August 6, 2018 by Don Taylor

Museum Monday It was a great week for me at the Scarborough Historical Society Museum. On Tuesday, three of us traveled up to the Maine State Library in Augusta and began working on scanning several Tax Valuation Books from the … Continue reading →

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Harmon’s Mill, Scarborough, ME

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Don Taylor

Mappy Monday Museum Monday They say that a picture is worth a thousand words; well, a good map can be worth ten times that. In my volunteer activities at the Scarborough Historical Society, I had been asked to confirm the … Continue reading →

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Family Recorder – James Hawkes & Margaret Esthers

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Don Taylor

William King Scrapbook Page 33 – Family Recorder: James Hawkes & Margaret Esthers Amanuensis Monday [We have a project at the Scarborough (Maine) Historical Society (SHS) where we are scanning and digitizing scrapbooks.  Most of the pages are newspaper clippings and other … Continue reading →

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