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Historical Items

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Item 80010

Mellie Dunham playing 'Rippling Waves,' 1926

Contributed by: Norway Historical Society Date: 1926 Location: Brooklyn Media: Phonograph record

Item 108984

Madame St. Felix's satin gigot sleeve gown, Brooklyn, NY, ca. 1833

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1833 Location: Brooklyn Media: silk, cotton

Item 27189

Brooklyn Heights Hill, Thomaston, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Thomaston Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Thomaston Media: Postcard

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Eastern Fine Paper

The paper mill on the Penobscot River in South Brewer, which became known as Eastern Fine Paper Co., began as a sawmill in 1884 and grew over the years as an important part of the economy of the region and a large presence in the landscape. Its closing in 2005 affected more than the men and women who lost their jobs.

Exhibit

Northern Threads: The rise and fall of the gigot sleeve

A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring the balloon-like gigot sleeve of the 1830s.

Exhibit

The Swinging Bridge: Walking Across the Androscoggin

Built in 1892 to entice workers at the Cabot Manufacturing Corporation in Brunswick to move to newly built housing in Topsham, the Androscoggin Pedestrian "Swinging" Bridge or Le Petit Pont quickly became important to many people traveling between the two communities.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Sports

"… Society Much as the 1950s were all about the Brooklyn Dodger's "boys of summer" the late 1970s and early 1980s on Swan's Island were the "golden…"

Site Page

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"Most notable were the Congressional Library, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Philadelphia Mint, the largest contract that Hall Quarry ever had."

Site Page

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"… Springfield, Illinois and the foundations of the Brooklyn Bridge. The Andrews' supplied granite to big local projects as well."

My Maine Stories

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Story

From Brooklyn to Maine
by Samuel Gelber

Moving to Maine changed my artistic style, and I continue to learn from the landscape every day.

Story

Scientist Turned Artist Making Art Out of Trash
by Ian Trask

Bowdoin College alum returns to midcoast Maine to make environmentally conscious artwork