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Historical Items

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Item 79404

Abbott School, Mexico, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Mexico Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Mexico Media: Photograph postcard

Item 79394

John Edward Barry, Mexico, 1939

Contributed by: Mexico Historical Society Date: 1939 Location: Mexico Media: Photographic print

Item 79313

Seventh Annual Prize Speaking Contest Program, Dixfield, 1917

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: 1917-02-16 Location: Dixfield Media: Ink on paper

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Online Exhibits

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Cosmopolitan stylings of Mildred and Madeleine Burrage

Born in Portland, sisters Mildred Giddings Burrage (1890-1983) and Madeleine Burrage (1891-1976) were renowned artists and world travelers. Mildred's experiences studying painting in Paris and Italy, and the sisters' trips to Mexico and Guatemala inspired their artwork and shared passions for cosmopolitan and stylish attire. Housed at Maine Historical Society, The Burrage Papers include selections of original advertising drawings called "line sheets" from Parisian fashion houses dating from 1928 to 1936. Images of Madeleine's gemstone jewelry and Mildred's artwork accompany intimate family photographs of the sisters.

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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.

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400 years of New Mainers

Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.

Site Pages

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Our Partners

"… Ellis–Dirigo High School Elliot Eno–Dirigo High School Caitlin Gallant–Dirigo High School Alex Gorham-Holy Savior School Alix Greenleaf–Dirigo High…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"… Corps Reserve in 1943 after graduating from Mexico High School. He was in the initial assault on Peleliu Island, where he was killed by mortar fire…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"The bell from the Central School is now at the Mexico Historical Society Museum. Many streets and buildings were named after the early settlers…"

My Maine Stories

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How the first chapter Veterans for Peace was founded in Maine
by Doug Rawlings

Veterans for Peace was founded in Maine and is now an international movement

Story

Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne

Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII

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Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR