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Historical Items Showing 3 of 73 View All

Item 75127

Welcome to Jay sign, ca. 1986

Contributed by: Maine's Paper & Heritage Museum

Date: circa 1986

Location: Jay

Media: Photographic print

Item 80804

Welcome to Mexico sign, ca. 2008

Contributed by: Mexico Historical Society

Date: circa 2008

Location: Mexico

Media: wood and metal

Item 4165

Soldier welcome, Portland, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society

Date: circa 1945

Location: Portland

Media: Photographic print

Exhibits Showing 3 of 27 View All

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Indians, Furs, and Economics

When Europeans arrived in North America and disrupted traditional Native American patterns of life, they also offered other opportunities: trade goods for furs. The fur trade had mixed results for the Wabanaki.

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Patriotism Shared

Post office clerks began collecting strong red, white, and blue string, rolling it onto a ball and passing it on to the next post office to express their support for the Union effort in the Civil War. Accompanying the ball was this paper scroll on which the clerks wrote messages and sometimes drew images.

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Mellie Dunham's dance band, Norway, ca. 1925

Remembering Mellie Dunham: Snowshoe Maker and Fiddler

Alanson Mellen "Mellie" Dunham and his wife Emma "Gram" Dunham were well-known musicians throughout Maine and the nation in the early decades of the 20th century. Mellie Dunham also received fame as a snowshoe maker.

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Front Street, From Post Office Square, Bath. ca. 1930

Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

Welcome What do you get when you combine Bath history, curiosity, and technology with 60 seventh graders and their teachers from Bath Middle School…

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Guilford, Maine - WELCOME

WELCOME WELCOME TO THE GUILFORD HISTORY PROJECT SITE GUILFORD WELCOMES YOU - Inc. 1816Item Contributed byGuilford Historical Society Welcome…

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