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Historical Items

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Item 102379

Isaac French homestead, Kingfield, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Kingfield Media: Lantern slide

Item 67368

Osmond Clark house, East Surry, ca. 1888

Contributed by: Surry Historical Society Date: circa 1888 Location: Surry Media: Silver print photograph

Item 80788

Farmhouse and barn, Lubec, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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MY ISLAND HOME: Verlie Colby Greenleaf of Westport Island

Verlie Greenleaf (1891-1992) bore witness to over a century of Westport Island's history. Many changes occurred during Verlie's 100-year life. Verlie Greenleaf donated photographs, personal notes, and sat for an interview in 1987, all part of the Westport Island History Committee's collection. Her words frame this exhibition, providing a first-person account of her life.

Exhibit

Begin Again: reckoning with intolerance in Maine

BEGIN AGAIN explores Maine's historic role, going back 528 years, in crisis that brought about the pandemic, social and economic inequities, and the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020.

Exhibit

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Surry by the Bay - Early Settlement

"Clams, flounders, salmon, shad, cod and haddock were plentiful, and succotash and pemmican (no hide) were popular Indian dishes."

Site Page

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Fales Edgarton House

"… has been altered but its basic simplistic Cape Cod style is quite typical of the times. It is said that the walls are constructed with vertical…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More Permanent Settlers Arrive

"… major group of settlers came from Eastham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Included were Amariah Leland and his sons Ezra and Ebenezer, David Higgins…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker

Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference

Story

A Note from a Maine-American
by William Dow Turner

With 7 generations before statehood, and 5 generations since, Maine DNA carries on.