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Item 42434
Title: Frances L. Larrabee as 'Arrangement in Gray and Black,' 1923
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1923-12-15
Location: Portland
Media: Photograph
Item 10367
Title: Toy Len Goon, American Mother of the Year, 1952
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1952-05-10
Location: Portland; New York
Media: Photoprint
Item 51055
Title: Mother and child, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1860
Location: Portland
Media: Ambrotype
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Toy Len Goon: Mother of the Year
Toy Len Goon of Portland, an immigrant from China, was a widow with six children when she was selected in 1952 as America's Mother of the Year.
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A Soldier's Declaration of Independence
William Bayley of Falmouth (Portland) was a soldier in the Continental Army, seeing service at Ticonderoga, Valley Forge, Monmouth Court House, and Saratoga, among other locations. His letters home to his mother reveal much about the economic hardships experienced by both soldiers and those at home.