Original Documents and Photographs

  • 1875
    • Statistics on Maine’s Jewish population, 1875 -1876 "This cover page from the 1875-1876 census, the first census of Jews in America, revealed statistics about Jews in Maine and New Hampshire. The [inside] page from the 1875-1876 census showed that there 185 adults and children in the Portland Jewish commun ( state-wide ) - Abe Peck & Jean Marcus Peck
  • 1883
    • Beth Judah (Portland) exterior view "This building housed Portland's Congregation Beth Judah, Portland's first synagogue, founded in 1883. Also known as the Deer Street Shul, neither the congregation nor Deer Steet exists anymore" ( Portland ) - Abe Peck & Jean Marcus Peck

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