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Historical Items

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Item 104292

Jonesport Brand River Herring, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Jonesport Media: Ink on paper

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Item 10765

Heywood Tavern, Skowhegan, ca. 1836

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1836 Location: Skowhegan Media: Print

Item 55060

Dressing Fish, Biddeford Pool, ca. 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Biddeford Media: Postcard

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 116435

Water District Plant, Portland, 1928

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1928 Location: Portland; Portland Client: Portland Water District Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Among the Lungers: Treating TB

Tuberculosis -- or consumption as it often was called -- claimed so many lives and so threatened the health of communities that private organizations and, by 1915, the state, got involved in TB treatment. The state's first tuberculosis sanatorium was built on Greenwood Mountain in Hebron and introduced a new philosophy of treatment.

Exhibit

Prohibition in Maine in the 1920s

Federal Prohibition took hold of America in 1920 with the passing of the Volstead Act that banned the sale and consumption of all alcohol in the US. However, Maine had the Temperance movement long before anyone was prohibited from taking part in one of America's most popular past times. Starting in 1851, the struggles between the "drys" and the "wets" of Maine lasted for 82 years, a period of time that was everything but dry and rife with nothing but illegal activity.

Exhibit

Eastern Fine Paper

The paper mill on the Penobscot River in South Brewer, which became known as Eastern Fine Paper Co., began as a sawmill in 1884 and grew over the years as an important part of the economy of the region and a large presence in the landscape. Its closing in 2005 affected more than the men and women who lost their jobs.

Site Pages

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Historic Clothing Collection - Mourning Clothing

"… such indulgence was often seen as conspicuous consumption. Mourning customs relaxed during (or after) the First World War, when mourning was so…"

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mt. Zircon Reservoir - Page 3 of 3

"… made open reservoirs, unless treated prior to consumption, unacceptable in Maine. Therefore, the use of the Mt."

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"When she was 13, her brother also died of consumption at age 23. "Fly Rod" CrosbyMaine State Museum If one family member died of consumption…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Born in Bangor 1936
by Priscilla M. Naile

Spending time at the Bangor Children's Home

Story

Eating lower on the food chain
by Avery Yale Kamila

Animal agriculture's ties to climate change

Story

Vegetarians and Zoonosis
by Avery Yale Kamila

Colds, influenza, tuberculosis, measles, smallpox, plague and COVID-19 group under zoonotic diseases