Androscoggin Historical Society members Lorraine and Bill Tyra catalog artifacts Thursday on the third floor of the Androscoggin County Building on Turner Street in Auburn. Staff and volunteers have been inventorying and packing up in preparation for moving to 93 Lisbon St. in Lewiston, hopefully by the end of summer. The society was founded in 1922 and has been in the county building since the mid-1930s. To donate, join, volunteer, or read about the society, visit, androhistory.org. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

“The Man in the Falls” is one of several large paintings by renowned artist D.D. Coombs in the collection of the Androscoggin Historical Society. It was painted in 1895 a few years before the rock in the Androscoggin River was blasted. Staff and volunteers are inventorying and packing the society’s collection at the Androscoggin County Building in Auburn in preparation for moving to 93 Lisbon St. in Lewiston, hopefully by the end of summer.  Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A Packard organ is among the Androscoggin Historical Society’s collection being packed up and moved from its headquarters in the Androscoggin County Building on Turner Street in Auburn to 93 Lisbon St. in Lewiston this summer. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A few large antique dolls sit on a display case Thursday, ready to be photographed and cataloged before they are carefully packed and moved from the Androscoggin Historical Society in the Androscoggin County Building in Auburn to 93 Lisbon Street in Auburn this summer. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Volunteer Candy Gleason asks Androscoggin Historical Society Secretary Douglas Hodgkin for advice Thursday as she packs up china at the society’s headquarters in the Androscoggin County Building on Turner Street in Auburn. The society is packing its collection to move to 93 Lisbon St. in Lewiston this summer. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Androscoggin Historical Society Vice President Penny Jessop takes notes as volunteer Dan Levesque looks Thursday at a slide they were cataloging at the headquarters in the Androscoggin County Building on Turner Street in Auburn. The society is prepared to move its collection to 93 Lisbon St. in Lewiston this summer. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A 1920s Oliver typewriter is among items the Androscoggin Historical Society is preparing to pack and move from its headquarters in the Androscoggin County Building on Turner Street in Auburn to 93 Lisbon St. in Lewiston this summer. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Douglas Hodgkin, Androscoggin Historical Society secretary and local historian, stands Thursday on the third floor of the society’s headquarters in the Androscoggin County Building on Turner Street in Auburn. Staff and members are packing up the society’s collection to move it to 93 Lisbon St. in Lewiston this summer. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal


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