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Keywords: 1898

Historical Items

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Item 7949

Soldiers on Federal Street., Portland, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint

Item 5444

Departure of the Norway Light Infantry, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898-05-02 Location: Norway Media: Photographic print

Item 14694

Flags, Portland, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 116365

Pennell house, Portland, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Portland Client: Henry B. Pennell Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 111664

Biddeford City Building, Biddeford, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Biddeford Client: City of Biddeford Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 116273

Hancock Point Chapel, Hancock, 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1898 Location: Hancock Client: Hancock Point Chapel Society Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Otisfield's One-Room Schoolhouses

Many of the one-room schoolhouses in Otisfield, constructed from 1839 through the early twentieth century, are featured here. The photos, most of which also show teachers and children, were taken between 1898 and 1998.

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Prisoners of War

Mainers have been held prisoners in conflicts fought on Maine and American soil and in those fought overseas. In addition, enemy prisoners from several wars have been brought to Maine soil for the duration of the war.

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John Y. Merrill: Leeds Farmer, Entrepreneur, & More

John Y. Merrill of Leeds (1823-1898) made terse entries in diaries he kept for 11 years. His few words still provide a glimpse into the life of a mid 18th century farmer, who also made shoes, quarried stone, moved barns, made healing salves -- and was active in civic affairs.

Site Pages

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone, Farmington State Normal School, 1898

"Carolyn Stone, Farmington State Normal School, 1898 Contributed by Mantor Library at UMF Description Carolyn Stone graduated from…"

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Historic Hallowell - Uniforms and Expenses

"In the years 1898-1911, the costs were reduced from $937 to $75. This may have been due to start up costs for the police force in 1898."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economy on Mt. Desert Island

"… began as the Tufts Summer School of Biology in 1898, and the Jackson Laboratory was started in 1929."

My Maine Stories

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Canadian immigrant founds worlds largest paper company in 1898
by Hugh J. Chisholm

Hugh J. Chisholm founded International Paper, which was the world's largest paper company in 1898.

Story

John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne

Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.

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Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics