Search Results

Keywords: Separation

Historical Items Showing 3 of 180 View All

Item 1492

Washington County votes on separation from Massachusetts, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: 1816

Media: ink on paper

view a full transcription

Item 1450

Letter from the Friends of Separation in York County, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: 1816-07-20

Media: Paper

view a full transcription

Item 1491

Town of Sidney separation election record, 1816

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: 1816-09-02

Location: Sidney

Media: Ink on paper

view a full transcription

Exhibits Showing 3 of 46 View All

Exhibit

A Town Is Born: South Bristol, 1915

After being part of the town of Bristol for nearly 150 years, residents of South Bristol determined that their interests would be better served by becoming a separate town and they broke away from the large community of Bristol.

Exhibit

Atherton's Furniture, Free Street, Portland, 1938

Atherton Furniture

LeBaron Atherton's furniture empire consisted of ten stores, four of which were in Maine. The photos are reminiscent of a different era in retailing.

Exhibit

Olson-Oberg aerial wedding, Caribou, 1930

A Parade, an Airplane and Two Weddings

Two couples, a parade from downtown Caribou to the airfield, and two airplane flights were the scene in 1930 when the couples each took off in a single-engine plane to tie the knot high over Aroostook County.

Site Pages Showing 3 of 77 View All

Site Page

Presque Isle: The Star City - Threshing peas, ca. 1955

In the picture, pea vines are being threshed to separate the peas from the vines. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…

Site Page

Pavilion Congregational Church, Biddeford, ca. 1875

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Civil War

… the Pavilion Society, an Abolitionist group which separated from the Second Congregational (or "White") Church, and formed its own, more liberal…

Site Page