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Historical Items

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Item 26409

Wording Hall, Ricker Classical Institute, Houlton, 1895

Contributed by: Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library Date: 1895 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 9621

Wording Hall, Ricker Classical Institute, Houlton, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Item 14032

Wording Hall, Ricker Classical Institute, Houlton, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Notice of Daniel Webster death, Portland, 1852

A Riot of Words: Ballads, Posters, Proclamations and Broadsides

Imagine a day 150 years ago. Looking down a side street, you see the buildings are covered with posters and signs.

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Presidents and Campaigns

Several Mainers have run for president or vice president, a number of presidents, past presidents, and future presidents have had ties to the state or visited here, and, during campaign season, many presidential candidates and their family members have brought their campaigns to Maine.

Exhibit

Amazing! Maine Stories

These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.

Site Pages

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Cumston Hall Auditorium Seating, Monmouth, ca. 1900

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"… (pronounced mill-e-duh-kwut) is the Penobscot word for “it has all kinds of sounds” and is my orchestral debut."

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"Dave Astor Show" anniversary, Portland, ca. 1969

Music in Maine - Music and Television

"… them in choreography and “pantomiming”—his word for lip synching—during rehearsals. Deering High School student Suzanne Svenson was a regular on…"

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Music in Maine - Sacred Music

"Shakers shared their music by word of mouth and by circulating letters among their communities. Some wrote out lyrics in their own manuscript hymnals."