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Historical Items

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Item 11573

Ladies' Magazine fashion plate, 1830

Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: 1830 Media: Ink on paper

Item 108983

Margaret R. Foote application for membership to Old Ladies Home, Bath, 1949

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1949-12-14 Location: Bath Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10948

First Lady Rosalyn Carter campaigning, 1980

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1980-01-18 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 89087

First Tenth Twenty-ninth Regiment Association property, S. Side Island Avenue, Long Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: First Tenth Twenty-ninth Regiment Association Use: Summer Dwelling for Ladies Auxilary

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 111981

Waterford Library, Waterford, 1937

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1930–1937 Location: Waterford Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Item 111580

Galen C. Moses house, Bath, 1901

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1901 Location: Bath Client: Galen C. Moses Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Lock of George Washington's Hair

Correspondence between Elizabeth Wadsworth, her father Peleg Wadsworth and Martha Washington's secretary about the gift of a lock of George Washington's hair to Eliza.

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The Mainspring of Fashion

The mainspring of fashion is the process whereby members of one class imitate the styles of another, who in turn are driven to ever new expedients of fashionable change.

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Home: The Longfellow House & the Emergence of Portland

The Wadsworth-Longfellow house is the oldest building on the Portland peninsula, the first historic site in Maine, a National Historic Landmark, home to three generations of Wadsworth and Longfellow family members -- including the boyhood home of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The history of the house and its inhabitants provide a unique view of the growth and changes of Portland -- as well as of the immediate surroundings of the home.

Site Pages

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Maine Central Institute

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Liz, widow Clark, Bangor, 1848

"… educated" and said they "could as the lady as fine as the finest," as well as "swear and be more profane than any sailer." He wrote, "Manners…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Wrappers, Teagowns & At Home Dresses

"… were perhaps worn in the relaxed privacy of a ladies sitting room when entertaining a few close friends for tea, a reciprocal activity that…"

My Maine Stories

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Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey

Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics

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Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.

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Bull Moose
by Chris Brown

The history of Bull Moose Music, one of Maine's favorite music stores