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Item 103664

Distribution of separationist sentiment, Portland, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1816-04-21 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7275

George Washington commemorative pitcher, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1800 Location: Portland Media: Creamware, pottery

Item 5470

Anti-suffrage stamps, 1918

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Media: Ink on paper

Online Exhibits

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Valentines

Valentines Day cards have long been a way to express feelings of romance or love for family or friends. These early Valentines Day cards suggest the ways in which the expression of those sentiments has changed over time.

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Woodbury K. Dana's grave, Westbrook, 1924

Memorializing Civil War Veterans: Portland & Westbrook

Three cemeteries -- all of which were in Westbrook during the Civil War -- contain headstones of Civil War soldiers. The inscriptions and embellishments on the stones offer insight into sentiments of the eras when the soldiers died.

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Pvt. John E. Stewart on letter writing, Virginia, 1861

Patriotic Imagery: 1861-1880

Imagery on letterhead soldiers used, on soldiers' memorials produced after the war, and on many other items captured the themes of the American Civil War: union, liberty, and freedom.

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Ada Martin gymnastic costume, Bangor, 1864

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 3, pages 38-56

"… Ada Martin Solon Wilder Egyptian Caravan Southern sentiments Yales Mammoth Tent Penobscot County Democratic Convention Steamer, gun boat Mahoning…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - First Baptist Church, Bangor, ca. 1850

"… and not from my persuasion in religions sentiments." He wrote in the journal that he went to the market to buy potatoes on July 9, 1864, and took…"

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Adult Americanization class, Portland, 1924

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"

"… the Ku Klux Klan were motivated by anti-immigrant sentiments. In response to the charge that immigrants could never become American, leaders like…"