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Keywords: Centennial celebrations
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Item 36277
Title: Centennial Trophy, Lubec, 1911
Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society
Date: 1911
Location: Lubec
Media: Metal, silver plated
Item 15838
Title: Centennial Parade float, Eliot, 1910
Contributed by: William Fogg Library
Date: 1910-08-11
Location: Eliot
Media: Postcard
Item 15828
Title: Centennial Parade, Eliot, 1910
Contributed by: William Fogg Library
Date: 1910-08-11
Location: Eliot
Media: Postcard
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Passamaquoddy Indians from Washington County traveled to Portland in 1920 to take part in the Maine Centennial Exposition. They set up an "Indian Village" at Deering Oaks Park.
Exhibit
Named for the two largest things in Maine at the turn of the 20th century, Mt. Katahdin and Granger of Stetson, were known as the Largest Oxen in the World. Unable to do farm work because of their size, they visited fairs and agricultural events around the Northeast.
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Shaarey Tphiloh, Portland's Orthodox Synagogue
Shaarey Tphiloh was founded in 1904 by immigrants from Eastern Europe. While accommodating to American society, the Orthodox synagogue also has retained many of its traditions.
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Site
A history of the easternmost town in Maine as created by the Lubec Historical Society, Lubec Consolidated School, Lubec Landmarks, and Lubec Memorial Library. Exhibits include the sardine and herring industries, the Sardine Queen, the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, the 1911 Centennial Celebration, the S. S. Cumberland Steamer, the gold hoax, an important community quilt, a tragic boating accident, and the blizzard of 1934, among others.