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Historical Items

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Item 12346

Cookie cutter, Brunswick, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1910 Location: Brunswick Media: Metal

Item 28092

Bible fly leaf, Farmington, 1852, 1852

Contributed by: Farmington Historical Society Date: 1852 Location: Farmington Media: Ink on paper

Item 11771

Calais Frontier Guard banner, 1839

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1839 Media: Oil and gold leaf on silk

Tax Records

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Item 36840

62-64 Clark Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: John Leaf Use: Dwelling - Two family

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

La St-Jean in Lewiston-Auburn

St-Jean-Baptiste Day -- June 24th -- in Lewiston-Auburn was a very public display of ethnic pride for nearly a century. Since about 1830, French Canadians had used St. John the Baptist's birthdate as a demonstration of French-Canadian nationalism.

Exhibit

How Sweet It Is

Desserts have always been a special treat. For centuries, Mainers have enjoyed something sweet as a nice conclusion to a meal or celebrate a special occasion. But many things have changed over the years: how cooks learn to make desserts, what foods and tools were available, what was important to people.

Exhibit

Silk Manufacturing in Westbrook

Cultivation of silkworms and manufacture of silk thread was touted as a new agricultural boon for Maine in the early 19th century. However, only small-scale silk production followed. In 1874, the Haskell Silk Co. of Westbrook changed that, importing raw silk, and producing silk machine twist threat, then fabrics, until its demise in 1930.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 2 of 2

"Similar leaf motifs form a rounded puff encircling the upper sleeves of a detailed, very fine quality dress-maker made woven striped pink (now faded)…"

Site Page

Lithgow Public Library

"… Room, with its frescoes, stained glass and gold leaf ornamentation, remains much the same as it was in the 1890’s."

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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… battles, and rolling along like a floating leaf borne by a babbling stream, always moving, always adapting."

My Maine Stories

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Story

How to prepare "Paquet de poisson a la vapeur"
by Titi de Baccarat

Making Gabonese cuisine in Portland Maine

Story

Isolation!
by Leslie

Having only moved to Maine alone 8 months prior, had to freeze my life

Story

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down