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Historical Items

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Item 14485

Bangor & Aroostook equipment, Houlton, ca. 1970

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1970 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 102018

Saco and Pettee buildings along Smith Street, Biddeford, ca. 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Biddeford Media: Postcard

Item 16375

Farnsworth Mill machinery, Lisbon, ca. 1950s

Contributed by: Lisbon Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Lisbon Falls Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry

The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.

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Maine and the Space Age

The small town of Andover landed on the international map in 1962 when the Earth Station that had been built there successfully communicated with Telstar, the first telecommunications satellite.

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Women, War, and the Homefront

When America entered the Great War in 1917, the government sent out pleas for help from American women, many of whom responded at the battle front and on the home front.

Site Pages

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 2 of 3

"… of three feet, and destroying dye tubs and other machinery with gravel and lighter stones. Guilford Woolen Mills, ca."

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Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… automatic-start generators and telemetry equipment. Lightkeeper Ephraim Johnson X Imposing Ephraim “Effie” Johnson, appointed assistant in…"

My Maine Stories

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A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down