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Item 33667
Title: Shaw & Clark Sewing Machine advertisement, Biddeford, 1866
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library
Date: 1866
Location: Biddeford
Media: Ink on paper
Item 9387
Title: Illustrations from 'Toby Tyler, or ten weeks with a circus'
Contributed by: South Portland Public Library
Date: 1880
Media: ink on paper
Item 11626
Title: Horace Harral illustration, c. 1880
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1880
Media: Ink on paper
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Maine Streets: The Postcard View
Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.
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Liberty Threatened: Maine in 1775
At Lexington and Concord, on April 19, 1775, British troops attempted to destroy munitions stored by American colonists. The battles were the opening salvos of the American Revolution. Shortly, the conflict would erupt in Maine.
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Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.