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Historical Items

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Item 18778

Ernest Johns, New Sweden, ca. 1922

Contributed by: Nylander Museum Date: circa 1922 Location: New Sweden Media: Photographic print

Item 64136

Bird hunting, Strong, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1905 Location: Strong Media: Photographic print

Item 76331

Maine hunting camp, ca. 1900

Contributed by: An individual through Stetson Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Hunting Season

Maine's ample woods historically provided numerous game animals and birds for hunters seeking food, fur, or hides. The promotion of hunting as tourism and concerns about conservation toward the end of the nineteenth century changed the nature of hunting in Maine.

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CODE RED: Climate, Justice & Natural History Collections

Explore topics around climate change by reuniting collections from one of the nation's earliest natural history museums, the Portland Society of Natural History. The exhibition focuses on how museums collect, and the role of humans in creating changes in society, climate, and biodiversity.

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Gluskap of the Wabanaki

Creation and other cultural tales are important to framing a culture's beliefs and values -- and passing those on. The Wabanaki -- Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot -- Indians of Maine and Nova Scotia tell stories of a cultural hero/creator, a giant who lived among them and who promised to return.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Historic Hallowell - A Walk On The Streets During The Ice Storm

"… the night There are no bugs on the ground, no birds in flight Inside the shelter the elderly are asleep They’re too frightened to laugh, but too…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… and prepared animal specimens (e.g., stuffed birds), and took notes. They sang songs, wrote poems, lit firecrackers, pranked one another, and…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… an Indian woman going to church “looked like a bird-of-paradise in a barn-yard.” From Bar Harbor Days, by Mrs. Burton Harrison, 1887."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan

Stories of growing up Downeast

Story

My career as a wildlife biologist
by Ron Joseph

Rural Maine provided the foundation of a rewarding career as a wildlife biologist.

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Norcross Deer Hunting
by Albert Fowler

How hunting has impacted my life