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Item 10357

Presque Isle Free Library, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Presque Isle Media: Postcard

Item 19371

Free Baptist Church, Presque Isle, 1895

Contributed by: Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: 1895 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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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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The Public Face of Christmas

Christmas, a Christian holiday observed by many Mainers, has a very public, seasonal face that makes it visible to those of all beliefs.

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Among the Lungers: Treating TB

Tuberculosis -- or consumption as it often was called -- claimed so many lives and so threatened the health of communities that private organizations and, by 1915, the state, got involved in TB treatment. The state's first tuberculosis sanatorium was built on Greenwood Mountain in Hebron and introduced a new philosophy of treatment.

Site Pages

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Free Baptist Church, Presque Isle, 1895

"Free Baptist Church, Presque Isle, 1895 Contributed by Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Description The Free Baptist Church (later the…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Presque Isle - Strategic Missile Wing Presque Isle Air Museum X Since the 1970s, Presque Isle has undergone a decline in population due in part…"

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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