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Historical Items

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Item 6938

Senator William P. Frye

Contributed by: Lewiston Public Library Date: circa 1900 Media: Phototransparency

Item 34547

Albert C. LeTarte, Brunswick, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: circa 1920 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print

Item 78682

Burwash development brochure, Wesley, ca. 1927

Contributed by: Lubec Historical Society Date: circa 1927 Location: Wesley Media: Brochure printed on coated stock and folded

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Architecture & Landscape

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Item 110020

Residence for Henry P. Cox, Western Promenade, Portland, ca. 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1898 Location: Portland Client: Henry P. Cox Architect: Frederick A. Tompson

Item 116293

James P. Baxter house, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Client: James P. Baxter Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Scarborough: They Answered the Call

Scarborough met every quota set by the state for supplying Civil War soldiers for Union regiments. Some of those who responded became prominent citizens of the town.

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William King

Maine's first governor, William King, was arguably the most influential figure in Maine's achieving statehood in 1820. Although he served just one year as the Governor of Maine, he was instrumental in establishing the new state's constitution and setting up its governmental infrastructure.

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Prohibition in Maine in the 1920s

Federal Prohibition took hold of America in 1920 with the passing of the Volstead Act that banned the sale and consumption of all alcohol in the US. However, Maine had the Temperance movement long before anyone was prohibited from taking part in one of America's most popular past times. Starting in 1851, the struggles between the "drys" and the "wets" of Maine lasted for 82 years, a period of time that was everything but dry and rife with nothing but illegal activity.

Site Pages

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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Biddeford's Movers & Shakers

"… Maine" (1915) X Every town and city has their prominent citizens, their town fathers and mothers."

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Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library

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Bar Harbor Historical Society

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Lesson Plans

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Longfellow Studies: The Elms - Stephen Longfellow's Gorham Farm

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12 Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
On April 3, 1761 Stephen Longfellow II signed the deed for the first 100 acre purchase of land that he would own in Gorham, Maine. His son Stephen III (Judge Longfellow) would build a home on that property which still stands to this day. Judge Longfellow would become one of the most prominent citizens in GorhamÂ’s history and one of the earliest influences on his grandson Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's work as a poet. This exhibit examines why the Longfellows arrived in Gorham, Judge Longfellow's role in the history of the town, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's vacations in the country which may have influenced his greatest work, and the remains of the Longfellow estate still standing in Gorham today.