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Historical Items

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Item 14232

Entrance to Darthmouth Trail, ca. 1916

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: circa 1916 Location: Fairfield; Fairfield Media: Photographic print

Item 18425

Cathedral Interior by Frederick Mellen, 1833

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1833 Media: Oil on canvas

Item 105193

Northland Hotel, Houlton, ca. 1932

Courtesy of Henry Gartley, an individual partner Date: circa 1932 Location: Houlton Media: Real Photo Postcard

Online Exhibits

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A Field Guide to Trolley Cars

Many different types of trolley cars -- for different weather, different uses, and different locations -- were in use in Maine between 1895-1940. The "field guide" explains what each type looked like and how it was used.

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Good Will-Hinckley: Building a Landscape

The landscape at the Good Will-Hinckley campus in Fairfield was designed to help educate and influence the orphans and other needy children at the school and home.

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Les Raquetteurs

In the early 1600s, French explorers and colonizers in the New World quickly adopted a Native American mode of transportation to get around during the harsh winter months: the snowshoe. Most Northern societies had some form of snowshoe, but the Native Americans turned it into a highly functional item. French settlers named snowshoes "raquettes" because they resembled the tennis racket then in use.

Site Pages

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Lithgow Public Library

"… and original stack room feature quartered oak pillars and elaborate woodwork. Grand fireplaces on the east and west walls face each other."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"… granite foundation and is notable for its granite pillars, mansard roof, and elaborate dormers. Front Street at Arch Street, Bath, ca."

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Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"The basement was made of bedrock and the pillars on the front porch are Douglas fir, imported from Washington State and Oregon."

My Maine Stories

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Story

Sarah Jane Poli: Biddeford’s first female school superintendent
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

An Italian immigrant's daughter is key to a family grocery store and a leader in the school system

Story

Where are the French?
by Rhea Côté Robbins

Franco-Americans in Maine