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Item 6625
Title: Sisters Ada S. Cummings and Lizzie Bailey, Sabbathday Lake, ca. 1915
Contributed by: United Society of Shakers
Date: circa 1915
Location: New Gloucester
Media: Black and white print; glass plate negative
Item 18384
Title: Dominican Block, Lewiston, ca. 1883
Contributed by: Franco-American Collection
Date: circa 1883
Location: Lewiston
Media: Printed photograph
Item 79413
Title: The Methodist Church, Rumford, ca. 1906
Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society
Date: circa 1906
Location: Rumford
Media: Postcard
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Shaarey Tphiloh, Portland's Orthodox Synagogue
Shaarey Tphiloh was founded in 1904 by immigrants from Eastern Europe. While accommodating to American society, the Orthodox synagogue also has retained many of its traditions.
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From French Canadians to Franco-Americans
French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.
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The West Baldwin Methodist Church, founded in 1826, was one of three original churches in Baldwin. While its location has remained the same, the church has undergone numerous changes to serve the changing community.