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Historical Items

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Item 79083

Pres. Buchanan letter about Bath ship, Washington, 1848

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1848 Location: Portland; Washington; Bath Media: Ink on paper

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Item 82379

CCC 178th, Bog Brook Forest Fire Crew, Flagstaff Camp, 1930s

Contributed by: Maine Conservation Corps Date: circa 1938 Location: Madison; Flagstaff Media: Photographic print

Item 37249

American Can plant demolition, Lubec, 1995

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1995 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Looking Out: Maine's Fire Towers

Maine, the most heavily forested state in the nation, had the first continuously operational fire lookout tower, beginning a system of fire prevention that lasted much of the twentieth century.

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Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye

The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.

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400 years of New Mainers

Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.

Site Pages

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… to save the ship, all were futile and the owners abandoned the cargo, leaving it to the insurance underwriters."

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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"The crew wisely halted and prepared to abandon work for the day. The Narrows and bridge construction, Lubec, 1961 Lubec Historical Society…"

My Maine Stories

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My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne

Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima