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Historical Items Showing 3 of 4780 View All
Item 55200
Title: L.C.Bates Museum, Fairfield, ca. 1945
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes
Date: circa 1945
Location: Fairfield
Media: Photograph
Item 55203
Title: L.C. Bates Museum Mineral Collection, Fairfield, ca. 1955
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes
Date: circa 1955
Location: Fairfield
Media: Photographic print
Item 20145
Title: Notice of museum auction, Portland, 1839
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1839
Location: Portland
Media: Ink on paper
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These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.
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Educating Oneself: Carnegie Libraries
Industrialist Andrew Carnegie gave grants for 20 libraries in Maine between 1897 and 1912, specifying that the town own the land, set aside funds for maintenance, have room to expand -- and offer library services at no charge.
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Maine's first governor, William King, was arguably the most influential figure in Maine's achieving statehood in 1820. Although he served just one year as the Governor of Maine, he was instrumental in establishing the new state's constitution and setting up its governmental infrastructure.
