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Item 31687

Josiah Pierce on trip from Albany to Detroit, 1846

Contributed by: Pierce Family Collection through Maine Historical Society Date: 1846-09-27 Location: Detroit Media: Ink on paper

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Item 116521

Detroit River, ca. 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1820 Media: Ink on paper

Item 135914

Memorial of Claims for the Islands of Bois Blanc, Sugar, and Stony, Detroit River, 1821

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1821 Location: Albany Media: Ink on Paper

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 116434

Hannaford Brothers Warehouse, Portland, 1919-1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1919–1920 Location: Portland Client: Hannaford Brothers Company Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

W. E. Chandler's Band, Kennebunkport, 1910

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.

Exhibit

Motor Coachmen and their Stanley Cars, Poland Spring, 1911

Auto Racing in Maine: 1911

The novelty of organized auto racing came to Maine in 1911 with a hill-climbing event in Poland and speed racing at Old Orchard Beach. Drivers and cars came from all over New England for these events.

Exhibit

Rockefeller Drive, Mt. Desert Island, ca. 1935

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.