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Historical Items

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Item 51580

Trull Hosptial Nurses, Biddeford, 1939

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1939 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 51579

Trull Hospital Nurse, Biddeford, 1939

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1939 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 12182

Brunswick Bicentennial Parade, 1939

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1939 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111813

Westbrook Junior College measurements, Portland, 1939

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1939 Location: Portland Client: Westbrook Junior College Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 111810

Westbrook Junior College preliminaries, Portland, 1939-1946

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1939–1946 Location: Portland Client: Westbrook Junior College Architect: John Calvin Stevens II

Item 111865

Westbrook Junior College alterations, Portland, 1939-1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1939–1950 Location: Portland Client: Westbrook Junior College Architect: John Howard Stevens and John Calvin Stevens II Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Strike Up the Band

Before the era of recorded music and radio, nearly every community had a band that played at parades and other civic events. Fire departments had bands, military units had bands, theaters had bands. Band music was everywhere.

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Fallen Heroes: Those Who Gave Their Lives: World War II

At least twenty-three Jewish men from Maine died in the military during World War II. Photographs and other memorabilia are available for fewer than half of them. Read more about them.

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Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island

Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Carolyn Stone, Farmington State Normal School, 1939

"Carolyn Stone, Farmington State Normal School, 1939 Contributed by Mantor Library at UMF Description Miss Stone retired from Farmington…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley R.R., Presque Isle, ca. 1939

"Aroostook Valley R.R., Presque Isle, ca. 1939 Contributed by Seashore Trolley Museum Description Opening day in 1910 of the Aroostook…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Gateway Motors

"… two rival car companies in Lincoln from about 1939 to 1945. They have few things in common. For example, both of them sold and fixed cars."

My Maine Stories

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Story

“I got around” and “I told a lie”
by anonymous

Marine Corporal Stanley Gunn recalls his training locations and post war Memories

Story

Dan Gagne: The story behind Biddeford’s legendary speed skater
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

Stories from a competitive athlete with countless awards and contributions to his community

Story

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down