Item 25777 - Invalids' Home waiting room, Portland, 1905
- Item 25777 - Invalids' Home waiting room, Portland, 1905
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- Item 25777
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Image Info The Mary Brown Home (Portland Invalids' Home) waiting room in the Deering section of Portland.
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The facility was a rest home for women recovering from a hospital stay or from exhaustion caused by their employment.
Mary Brown founded founded the home in 1894 and bought a house on Revere Street in 1895, which served as a residence until 1903 when a newer home was built on Capisic Street.
This was later renamed the Eunice Frye Home.
