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Keywords: VIRGINIA

Historical Items

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Item 8759

Virginia Starbird, Waterford, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Waterford Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Waterford Media: Photographic print

Item 98696

Steamship 'Virginia,' Boothbay Harbor, 1934

Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: 1934-06-30 Location: Boothbay Harbor; Bath; Southport Media: Glass Negative

Item 84433

U.S.S. 'Cumberland' line, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Hampton Roads; Portland Media: Hemp

Tax Records

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Item 58627

18 Inverness Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Virginia A. Wells Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 85268

Hamilton property, Hillside Road, Little Diamond Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Virginia C. Hamilton Use: Summer Dwelling

Item 57647

149 Hartley Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Virginia F. Hagan Use: Dwelling - Single family

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110232

Valle's Steak House, Virginia Beach, VA, 1975-1977

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1975–1977 Location: Virginia Beach Client: Valle's Steak House, Inc. Architect: Wadsworth, Boston, Dimick, Mercer & Weatherill

Item 110460

Garland Farm, ca. 1955-1990

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1955–1990 Client: Lewis Garland, Architect: Landscape Design Associates

Online Exhibits

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Rebecca Usher: 'To Succor the Suffering Soldiers'

Rebecca Usher of Hollis was 41 and single when she joined the Union nursing service at the U.S. General Hospital at Chester, Pennsylvania. Her time there and later at City Point, Virginia, were defining experiences of her life.

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We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.

Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.

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Popham Colony

George Popham and a group of fellow Englishmen arrived at the mouth of the Kennebec River, hoping to trade with Native Americans, find gold and other valuable minerals, and discover a Northwest passage. In 18 months, the fledgling colony was gone.

Site Pages

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Site Page

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 2, pages 27-37

"Other topics and people mentioned are: Excerpt from book about Virginia, South Carolina 1849 crime reports"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro to pages 91-132

"… comments on, and instructions for the Polka, and Virginia Reel. He also provides images and profiles of: Mrs. Emily A. Mills L."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - JP Cilley Ledger From Post

"§ Wounded at Middletown, Virginia on May 31, 1862. § Taken prisoner in Middletown, Virginia on June 24, 1862. § Promoted to Major May 8, 1862."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Saga of a Sub Chaser S.C. 268 along Maine Coast
by DANIEL R CHRISTOPHER

A look back at a Sub Chaser Crew on duty along the Maine coastline near the end of World War I

Story

BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION OF MAINE
by BLUEGRASS MUSIC ASSOCIATION OF MAINE

A story about the Bluegrass Music Association of Maine

Story

Choosing a Career in Country and Bluegrass Music
by Ken Brooks

How I became a country and bluegrass musician