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Historical Items

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Item 10009

Wooden butter paddle, ca. 1900

Contributed by: L'Heritage Vivant Living Heritage Date: circa 1900 Location: Van Buren Media: Wood

Item 4129

Shoe valentine, 1883-1884

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1883–1884 Media: Paper

Item 35685

Homemade automobile, Lubec, 1935, 1935

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: 1935 Location: Lubec Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Samplers: Learning to Sew

Settlers' clothing had to be durable and practical to hold up against hard work and winters. From the 1700s to the mid 1800s, the women of Maine learned to sew by making samplers.

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Valentines

Valentines Day cards have long been a way to express feelings of romance or love for family or friends. These early Valentines Day cards suggest the ways in which the expression of those sentiments has changed over time.

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Fashion for the People: Maine's Graphic Tees

From their humble beginnings as undergarments to today's fashion runways, t-shirts have evolved into universally worn wardrobe staples. Original graphic t-shirts, graphic t-shirt quilts, and photographs trace the 102-year history of the garment, demonstrating how, through the act of wearing graphic tees, people own a part of history relating to politics, social justice, economics, and commemorative events in Maine.

Site Pages

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - 1840 U.S. Census Questions

"… the value of the products of your orchard? Dairy? Homemade or family goods? 10. What was the value of your market garden in 1839? 11."

Site Page

Jonathan Fisher Memorial

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… produce and home-raised livestock, along with homemade building materials, no longer sufficed. Out of necessity, Industry in Guilford was born."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Kim's famous homemade potato donuts
by Kim Smith

Sharing my potato donut memories and recipe

Story

Ah, les Fameuse Ployes!
by Alain Ouellette

Growing up in an Acadian French family and eating ployes

Story

A Florida Flatlander Finds Adventure in Maine (An Excerpt)
by Steve Hood

Humorous reminisces of former adventures in Maine from a Florida retiree