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Historical Items

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Item 104403

Range #1 at Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, 2009

Contributed by: Biddeford Mills Museum Date: circa 1965 Location: Biddeford Media: Digital photograph

Item 7927

Rifle range at Cadet Camp, Harpswell, 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1896 Location: Harpswell Media: Photoprint

Item 7926

Rifle Range, Portland High School cadets, 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1896 Location: Harpswell Media: Photoprint

Online Exhibits

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A City Awakes: Arts and Artisans of Early 19th Century Portland

Portland's growth from 1786 to 1860 spawned a unique social and cultural environment and fostered artistic opportunity and creative expression in a broad range of the arts, which flowered with the increasing wealth and opportunity in the city.

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Working Women of the Old Port

Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.

Exhibit

Building the International Appalachian Trail

Wildlife biologist Richard Anderson first proposed the International Appalachian Trail (IAT) in 1993. The IAT is a long-distance hiking trail along the modern-day Appalachian, Caledonian, and Atlas Mountain ranges, geological descendants of the ancient Central Pangean Mountains. Today, the IAT stretches from the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine, through portions of Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Europe, and into northern Africa.

Site Pages

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Pownal Scenic and Historical Society

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Historic Clothing Collection - Active & Casual Wear

"… Casual Wear Slide Show The growing and changing range of outdoor and indoor activities pursued by the general populace increasingly required…"

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Bowdoin College Museum of Art

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My Maine Stories

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Paul Gagne: Living a life fully engaged in his community
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

A man with a wide range of skills and talents shares them for the benefit of his community

Story

The stories my parents told
by Henry Gartley

Stories from my immigrant parents, WWII, and my love of history.

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Alice Bertrand shares highlights from her 100+ years
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

What is it like to live through all the events that have occurred in the past 100+ years?

Lesson Plans

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Portland History: Signalizing and Non-Verbal Communications at the Portland Observatory

Grade Level: 3-5 Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies, Visual & Performing Arts
This lesson is an overview of Captain Lemuel Moody's (builder of the Observatory) signaling system used at the Portland Observatory. Activities range from flag making to mapping and journal writing. The "Signals" slide show allows students to look at Captain Moody's general and private signals notebooks. Students are asked a series of questions about the notebooks and Moody's signaling system allowing for a better understanding of the principles behind the Observatory.